Potting Shed and Garden Limoges Boxes
Potting shed Limoges boxes cover the tools and fixtures of a garden rather than its blooms. Here are watering cans, birdhouses, a gazebo, a wishing well, a garden fountain with birds and a winter shed under snow. The watering can is the star of this group, painted with strawberries, bees, chickens and frogs, in blue and gold, and in a wood grain antique finish. A bunny sits inside one, and another leans against a can of its own. For the planner, there is a gardening book with tools and a canvas bag of trowels, plus a flower and spade set for the first dig of spring.
Birdhouses come with red, blue and yellow roofs, one with a cardinal that lifts off, another with eggs inside for winter, and a set of three watched by a patient cat. A Lutyens bench holds a hat and a bird, and a dwarf gnome leans on his mushroom. Every one is porcelain, shaped and painted by hand in Limoges, France. Hinged lids and metal clasps close each box, and many tuck a small charm inside. Set a birdhouse by the window where the feeder hangs, or give a watering can to the one in the family who knows every plant by its Latin name.
