Lilliput Lane Cottages have been long regarded as one of our favourite collectables, along with Willow Tree, Border Fine Arts and Lladro figurines. Lilliput Lane was founded in the early 1980’s as a competitor to David Winter Cottages. David Winter had been around a year or two and had the market pretty much to themselves. The phenomenon of miniature cottages was in its infancy, but was booming fast. The difficulty we had was that the company was run in an eccentric fashion. The cottages were modelled by David Winter, but he wasn’t in any sense, a businessman. The commercial side was run by a chap called John Hine, a great self-publicist, who took delight in flying in the face of convention. He didn’t believe in showing at trade fairs. Neither did he like employing agents, so getting information as to new launches and discontinuations wasn’t easy at the best of times. A further eccentricity was that the delivery man used to deposit the cartons of stock on our doorstep and then demand a cheque – not the best way to build relations with your customer. Furthermore, and most worryingly, the quality of David Winter Cottages wasn’t good enough. They were plaster based, and tended to chip easily.
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David Winter. Dept 56. Dreamsicles. Duncan Royale. Enesco Lilliput Lane. Limoges. Lladro. Longaberger. Madame Alexander. Margaret Furlong. Mary Engelbreit
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So, the market was crying out for a competitor. And like a knight in shining armour, along came Lilliput Lane Cottages. What a refreshing change. The concept was evolved by David Tate. He saw the potential for the collectability of miniature cottages designed in the vernacular style. He was also, as he never tired of telling me, multi-talented. Not only did he develop the knack of modelling cottages, but he also was an engineer and was able to work out the best manufacturing technique that would, on the one hand, preserve the astounding attention to detail that characterise Lilliput Lane Cottages, but also make them harder wearing. He increased the polyresin content of the cottages and, as a result, came up with a far more successful formula.
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Crown Derby cream jug in the early 19th century style, and a Royal of six Lilliput Lane, David Winter and other cottages including watermill, wine
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