Sports and Skiing Limoges Boxes
Sports and skiing Limoges boxes keep score on the den shelf, from center court to the top of the lift. Tennis gets the deepest bench, with racquets in white, red and green, a tennis bag full of gear and a court whose racquet lifts right off. Baseball answers with a worn mitt and ball, a blue cap and a case holding glove, bat and ball together. Skiers will find a trail map that comes with its own lift ticket, a pair of ski boots in a carry case, a gondola climbing the mountain and a lady skier on the slopes. A snowboarder carves past, a hockey player sends his puck flying, and skates rest on a snowy book.
A basketball, a football with its helmet and a bowling pin with a green ball fill out the roster, along with a teddy bear who is plainly a sports nut. Each piece is Hand-Painted porcelain from Limoges, France, closed with a hinged lid and a small metal clasp. Give the tennis shoe to the doubles partner, the ski map to the friend who plans every winter around snow reports, and keep the baseball for yourself.
