Soon a Collectors Guild was formed – another marketing tactic much favoured by other manufacturers, including Moorcroft and Royal Crown Derby. Made of a refined gypsum plaster and realistically painted they are a Walt Disney evocation of England from the Tudor to Victorian periods. How can a David Winter cottage retire? Models of Anne Hathaway’s cottage and such like evoke Shakespeare’s England but not his use of English!īy the end of the 1970s the market for those awful china wall plates was almost satiated so when they appeared in 1980 David Winter’s twee cottages were an instant success, both in the UK and America. It is a nice touch that for ceasing production read instead “retired”. Subtle ploys such as the ‘Limited Edition’ or nudging people into buying by saying that such and such is about to go out of production, are old tricks of the trade that encourage people to think they have invested, rather than spent their money. But does that matter? The answer is ‘No’ if it was bought for pleasure. Even with worldwide live online bidding it will almost inevitably sell for much less than it was once worth. The collection was formed by a local couple one by one as each was issued and represents a considerable outlay. Mellors & Kirk is about to sell a huge collection of around 200 David Winter cottages that were produced from 1980 to 2002. Virtually everyone, it seems, has fallen out of love with all such bric-a-brac. To these add 1960s Pendelfin rabbits and miniature cottage ornaments. Perhaps it was their ‘Olde World’ charm but when giftware that is in reality tacky, or kitsch is marked as a ‘collectable’ they turn out to be anything but collectable.Ĭolourful china wall plates, Lladro figures those angelic Hummel pottery children are three examples. Auction Insights Are David Winter miniature cottages worth anything?
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