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. 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. The weave on these baskets is painted strand by strand, then fired so the texture reads true from across the room. 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.
