Department 56 Dickens' Village E Tipler Agent Wine and Spirits Shop Lit Building, 6.89 Inch, Multicolor

This is part of the Dickens village collection and it does its part to evoke that timeless and classic feeling of Christmas. I have a very small set but decided to build a village of larger structures. Many of the Dickens village items are fairly expensive so I went with a more generic building at a slightly lower cost in order to ascertain the quality of the set. The building is very nicely detailed and does not have paint that looks like a 4 year could could have done the work. The painting is top notch as is the quality of the house itself. It is nice and heavy so should stand up to years of children playing with the buildings. It has a hole in the bottom for inserting a (included) light and strategic holes in the windows to let the light out. Truly, the only flaw I have found with the building is that the snow is painted a flat white. In my opinion it should have either been painted with a more glossy white or it should have a pearlescent finish to show the glistening whiteness of new fallen snow. (Or for an even more realistic vision of Victorian England, a spotty black smudge on everything because of all the coal fired furnaces at the time. ;) Not sure that would have made it feel Christmasy, but it would have been accurate to the perceived time.) All in all, I was looking for a Norman Rockwell or Victorian village and this definitely is a great purchase to begin that village.

Appearance of Village was more than expected, Seller's description was good but didn't due Justise to item. Well worth the money. It was larger than the maker of my main Christmas Hawthorne Village Pieces but not by much and makes a nice addition to my Village.

Using for my O Scale Christmas and Halloween train layouts.

I have a number of Department 56 lighted houses in several different Villages that I have collected from back in the early 1990s. This one is my most recent purchase and was purchased through Amazon because there is no longer a store that sells Department 56 houses and accessories here. The design and overall size of the Pub is great. There is excellent detail. Having reviewed the available D56 Pubs available, this one was by far my favorite. I liked it so much that I ordered 2, giving the other to a friend as a Christmas gift for her bar area at her house. My only criticism/complaint relates to the light cord with inline switch. The switch failed after only turning the lighted house on and off 4 times -- the 5th time, it would not turn on as the switch had failed. The on-off inline switch just rotated and never engaged the "on" position connection. Since I have multiple other houses, I had extra lighted cords with switches, so I substituted an older one. That one has worked fine, as always. The new lighted house cord switch is not of the same quality as the earlier ones. None of the older ones have ever failed even though they have been used yearly since the 1990s. Also, the older type cords could plug into each other due to the configuration of the plug that plugged into the electrical outlet, allowing another cord plug to be plugged into that one, even enabling one to piggyback a series of cords into each other and thereby using only one outlet plug, The older cord's plug had a receptacle that would allow plugging two plugs together, or more. The new cord plug does not allow this to be done, which is a definite detrimental new design change, even if the line switch was not faulty..

Wife loves this.

I got this as a gift from my husband to add on to the rest of my Dept 56 Dickens Christmas Carol collection. It is a great addition to my Christmas Village.

Much smaller size than expected, but still looks good

Received the item this morning and very happy. It’s beautiful addition to my little village under Christmas tree.

La entrega fue muy rápida, la calidad de los detalles es excelente, quizá el precio es un poco alto, sin embargo por la temporada supongo que por eso es elevado. Muy bonito

This piece is a perfect complement to the two Xmas village buildings I had. In fact, it has even more detailed features. Looks fantastic and has really put me on the Christmas spirit!

Excelente producto, Department 56 no me ha decepcionado hasta el momento. Hermosa casita para mi villa.

This made a wonderful addition to my ever growing Dickens village. Looks amazing!

Collecting Dept 56 Dickens village is my guilty pleasure. I definitely don't think you'd guess that of me once you first met me. This purchase was a nice value. Amazon prices for this can be all over the map, but this was spot on. Nice, basic village shop that blends really well into what I have already. As usual, great construction and attention to detail from Dept 56. They are doing a great job feeding my addiction!