Purses and Handbags Limoges Boxes
Purses and handbags Limoges boxes are the best dressed corner of the cabinet, with bags that clasp shut much like the real thing. Painted flowers climb across blue, gold, silver, maroon and hot pink purses, and the handle often sits right above the clasp. The range of finishes is wide. A Rochard hydrangea handbag, an Art Deco flower purse in hot pink, a hammered silver bag with hearts, a crackle gold and dark blue purse and a red and gold striped round one show how many ways a painter can dress a bag. Ladybugs on lily of the valley, a yellow bird among flowers, and a golf theme purse with green flowers suit the gardener and the golfer.
The shopping bags tell their own stories, from a Lalique bag and a Mikimoto bag to a Titanic voyage bag, a Shop Till You Drop bag of lilacs, and a Rochard Paris by Night bag with a bottle of champagne tucked inside. Each one is Hand-Painted porcelain from Limoges, France, with a hinged lid where the flap would be. Buy one for a wife who never leaves without her bag, a daughter heading to her first job, or a mother who has carried the same purse for years. Set them on a vanity tray or a glass shelf where the gold trim can catch the light.
