Lilliput Lane Cottages - A British Collection of miniature cottages

Lilliput Lane has always been famous for celebrating historic and vernacular English architecture, and the catalogue of pieces can be sorted by region. The cottages are cast of a proprietary gypsum mix known as Amorphite and are handpainted, with constant reference back to a colored master. Some painted variations do occur in older models.

There is also an active Collectors Club(Click here) with special events held annually in the UK. The current Lilliput Lane line includes Christmas editions, limited editions, lighted cottages, regional cottages and historic buildings. A special line includes snow for use in Christmas scenes. There is also a line of Christmas Tree ornaments.

Lilliput Lane Land of Legends Beginning in 1985, Lilliput Lane produced a secondary line Lilliput Lane Land of Legends Limited (known to collectors as 5L) featuring castles, dragons and fantasy pieces. This secondary line included Pocket Dragons and other pieces cast in resin, instead of Amorphite

In 1990, the Land of Legends line sold off and eventually restructure as part of Collectible World Studios. Land of Legends pieces are listed under Collectible World Studios rather than Lilliput Lane.
American Landmarks - From 1989 to 2000, Lilliput Lane produced a series of American Landmark models, all originally sculpted by Ray Day. An archive of all his models for the Lilliput Line American Landmark Series can be seen online

Identifying Marks - All of the cottages feature labels on the green baize (fabric) base which feature the name of the piece and a date. Older cottages may have a brown baize base. All pieces have a backstamp somewhere on the side of the piece.
Forgeries - There are forgeries and 'look alikes' of these cottages. Forgeries may have backstamps. Usually the forgeries do not have openings in the cast the way the original does, and they often are incorrectly colored.
Certificates and Deeds - Lilliput Lane models are accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity most of these have a story line on the reverse unless there is a separate deed with a storyline or a leaflet/storycard. Models since April 1985 have come with deeds. The deeds have included a story on the reverse since 1995.

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