LILLIPUT LANE "WITLEY" in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina For Sale

THIS LILLIPUT LANE COTTAGE IS WITLEY, FROM THE HELEN ALLINGHAM COLLECTION. CODE NUMBER Lxxxx; ISSUED IN xxxx.
THE HELEN ALLINGHAM COLLECTION. THIS LOVELY COLLECTION OF MINIATURE COTTAGES CELEBRATES THE WORK OF VICTORIAN WATER-COLOURIST HELEN ALLINGHAM. INSPIRED BY A GROWING MOVEMENT AMONGST THE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTIC COMMUNITY TO PRESERVE A TRADITIONAL RUSTIC WAY OF LIFE, HER BEAUTIFUL COTTAGE PAINTINGS HAVE NOW BECOME AN INVALUABLE HISTORICAL RECORD.
ALL THE INSPIRATION HELEN NEEDED TO PAINT COTTAGES LAY A FEW STEPS OUTSIDE HER FRONT GATE. ALMOST EVERY HOME ALONG THE LANE WAS A POTENTIAL SUBJECT. SHE PAINTED MANY FROM DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO REPRODUCE ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL WITH METICULOUS ACCURACY. BY CLOSELY STUDYING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE BUILDINGS, HELEN BEGAN TO TRULY APPRECIATE THE SKILL OF PAST CRAFTSMEN.
DATING BACK TO THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AT ONE TIME THIS COTTAGE MAY HAVE BEEN THE HOME OF A WOODSMAN OR WORKER AT THE NEARBY BRICKWORKS.
THIS PIECE COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL BOX AND THE DEED WHICH CERTIFIES IT IS THE ORIGINAL. MINT CONDITION - DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN OWNED PREVIOUSLY. MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 5" H AND HAS A 6 1/4" X 4 1/2" BASE. COMES FROM A SMOKE FREE HOME. .
"LILLIPUT LANE WAS FOUNDED IN xxxx, AFTER JOHN TATE EMBARKED ON AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT. HIS DREAM WAS TO CAPTURE BRITAIN'S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE IN THE MOST AUTHENTICALLY DETAILED MINIATURES EVER SEEN. SINCE THEN, THE COMPANY HAS PRODUCED THE WORLD'S MOST DEFINITIVE COTTAGE SCULPTURES.
LILLIPUT LANE IS KNOWN WORLDWIDE FOR ITS MINIATURE COTTAGES, MADE FAMOUS FOR THEIR FINE DETAIL, UNMATCHED QUALITY AND AUTHENTICITY. FROM CHOCOLATE BOX COTTAGES TO HOMES OF THE FAMOUS AND BUILDINGS OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE, ALL ASPECTS OF THE VERNACULAR MAP OF THE BRITISH ISLES IS INCLUDED IN THE PRODUCT RANGE".