Three Storybook Dwarfs Porcelain Limoges Box

Three little dwarfs from the storybook forest gather together on this porcelain box, as if pausing on their way home through the woods. Hand-painted in Limoges, France, the piece brings a fairy tale trio to life in porcelain.

Heading Home Through the Woods

Dwarfs have filled European folk tales for centuries, from the Brothers Grimm to countless bedtime stories. A trio of them gives this box a sense of friendship and mischief that a single figure lacks. Each dwarf is painted by hand, so colors and details vary slightly from box to box.

Once Upon a Shelf

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Fits a fairy tale, storybook or woodland grouping
• Pairs with castle, frog prince and royal coach pieces

Small Boxes, Long Story

Porcelain boxes first became fashionable in eighteenth century France, holding snuff, pills and tiny beauty patches for ladies and gentlemen of the court. Today the same tradition brings storybook characters like these to the shelf. Give it to a fairy tale collector, a school librarian, a storyteller, or a friend who still loves the old tales, and display it near a row of well loved books.