Baskets, Bouquets and Picnics Limoges Boxes
Baskets, bouquets and picnics Limoges boxes pack a whole afternoon into porcelain. Wicker picnic hampers carry wine and cheese, bread or teacups, and one Rochard basket holds a Chianti bottle wrapped in straw. Another holds four bottles of a 1998 vintage, which is a fine year to toast.
The weave on these baskets is painted strand by strand, then fired so the texture reads true from across the room. Fruit baskets stand on gold, a Nantucket basket wears a blue scene, and a tomato basket looks fresh from the vine. Some baskets hold passengers, like a kitten, a tabby cat, a teddy bear or a dog curled for a nap. Bouquets come in yellow, blue and garden mixes, including one for a wedding and a heart topped with blooms. Small baskets hold three perfume bottles in pink, yellow or maroon. Each piece is porcelain from Limoges, France, painted by hand and set with a hinge. A picnic for two box suits an anniversary, especially for a couple who courted on a park bench. Set the bouquets near a window and the fruit baskets on the sideboard.
