London Gasworker - With Box Bx325 Dickens Village by DEPARTMENT 56. Department 56 is a U.S. manufacturer of holiday collectibles, ornaments and giftware, known for its lit Christmas village collections and Snowbabies collection. It is owned by Enesco and based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.Department 56 was founded in 1976. Originally, it was part of Bachman's, a retail florist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bachman's employed a numbering system to identify each of its departments. The number assigned to the wholesale gift imports division was 56.[4] Founder Ed Bazinet (born 1943 or 1944)[1][5] convinced the Bachman family to invest $50,000 in starting the division, and was appointed its first president when Department 56 was spun off as a $15 million subsidiary in 1984.[6] He was a talented employee of Bachman's who won the Minnesota State Florist Association's. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: London Gasworker - With Box Bx325 Dickens Village by DEPARTMENT 56. Department 56 is a U.S. manufacturer of holiday collectibles, ornaments and giftware, known for its lit Christmas village collections and Snowbabies collection. It is owned by Enesco and based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.Department 56 was founded in 1976. Originally, it was part of Bachman's, a retail florist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bachman's employed a numbering system to identify each of its departments. The number assigned to the wholesale gift imports division was 56.[4] Founder Ed Bazinet (born 1943 or 1944)[1][5] convinced the Bachman family to invest $50,000 in starting the division, and was appointed its first president when Department 56 was spun off as a $15 million subsidiary in 1984.[6] He was a talented employee of Bachman's who won the Minnesota State Florist Association's.