Music, Stage and Screen Limoges Boxes
Music Limoges boxes cover the whole bill here, from the orchestra pit to the jazz club to the projection booth. A black grand piano carries its own little music book, a Victrola waits for a record, and a retro jukebox stands ready for a nickel. The brass section is well staffed. There is a New Orleans jazz trumpet on a purple base, a big four inch saxophone, and a frog in a tuxedo who has clearly practiced his cello. Strings get a violin tucked into a green case and a concert harp, while the guitar players have both an electric and an acoustic model to argue over.
Theater people can reach for the opera glasses or a box with binoculars, and film fans get a cameraman, a movie making bunny and a Hollywood piece with a film reel that lifts out. Every one is shaped and painted by hand in Limoges, France. Hinged lids and small metal clasps keep each box closed, and many hide a tiny charm inside. Set a piano beside the record cabinet, a sax on the bookcase in the den, or the Sydney Opera House next to the concert programs you never threw away. A violin makes a fine thank you for a teacher, and the jukebox suits anyone who still knows the B side by heart.
