David Winter Cottage, "Crofter's Cottage," from the Scottish collection (1986).
Condition: excellent.
5 inches by 4 inches by 5 inches high.
Gifted English sculptor David Winter is regarded as one of the foremost creators of miniature architectural structures.
Born 1958 in Catterick, Yorkshire, David was inspired by his Mother, famed British sculptor Faith Winter. It was in her studios that David inherited his creative skills.
Initially making pottery and decorative tiles, and then on a joint venture with John Hine making heraldic shields. These were not successful but proved useful in attracting David to design on a minute scale.
He and John experimented and in 1979 the first David Winter Cottage - 'The Mill House' was produced. David's work found instant acceptability when they started to offer them to selected shops in Great Britain and later in North America.