Fine Art and Ballet Limoges Boxes
Fine art and ballet Limoges boxes bring the painter's studio and the theatre stalls onto one shelf. Artist palettes still wet with color sit beside little easels holding the Eiffel Tower, an ocean view or a Philadelphia street. Across the aisle, pointe shoes rest on a wooden floor and a ballerina takes her bow beside a pair of opera binoculars. Monet gets a room of his own here, and his Japanese footbridge appears framed, on an easel and even on a handbag, while a white swan drifts among the lilies and an art book opens to Giverny. A yellow paint tube, a single brush and a French artist's paint box round out the kit, and a pair of mice can be caught working at their canvases.
The Nutcracker theatre raises its curtain, a mini ballerina leans on a piano, and a round box carries slippers tied in ribbon. Each one is Hand-Painted porcelain from Limoges, France, closed with a small metal clasp. Many keep a tiny surprise tucked under the lid. Set the easels in a row on the study bookcase, or give a ballet box to the daughter who still practices her positions in the kitchen.
