Rochard Christmas Typewriter Typing a Letter Limoges Box

An old-fashioned typewriter sits ready for Christmas, with a letter rolled into the carriage as if someone were writing to Santa or to family far away. Rochard modeled it in porcelain as a Limoges box, and painters in Limoges, France gave it color by hand.

Dear Santa

Before email, holiday wishes went out on paper, often typed one key at a time on a machine just like this one. The letter in the typewriter turns the piece into a little story, whether it is a wish list for the North Pole or a long Christmas letter to the relatives.

Writer's Desk Holiday

Set it on a home office desk during December, beside a stack of holiday cards waiting to be addressed, or on a bookshelf in a study. It fits a writer, a journalist, a secretary who remembers carbon paper, or a novelist who still keeps an old Royal or Smith-Corona in the corner.

Keys and Carols

• A Rochard design, hand-painted in Limoges, France
• A typewriter with a letter in place, ready for the holidays
• Fits a Christmas, writing or office themed collection

It also makes a cheerful holiday thank you for an administrative assistant, an editor or a teacher who grades a mountain of essays each term.