Heart Shaped Limoges Box with Sevre Roses

A porcelain heart carries painted roses in the Sevre style across its lid, the blooms curving with the outline of the box. It is a hand-painted Limoges box made in Limoges, France, pairing two of the oldest symbols of love in one piece.

Roses for the One You Love

Hearts and roses have spoken the same language for centuries, and here they share a single small form. The rose motifs follow the curves of the heart, so the design feels made for this shape rather than borrowed from another.

A Heart Among the Sevre Pieces

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Belongs in a heart, romance or Sevre roses collection
• Sits nicely with the matching rose pattern egg, hat and pill box

Moments That Call for Roses

Valentine's Day is the obvious occasion, but this heart also suits an engagement, a wedding morning, or an anniversary when a dozen real roses would fade within the week. Leave it on a nightstand, a vanity or a bedroom dresser where it will be seen every day.

The small porcelain box first became fashionable in 18th-century France, carried for snuff, pills and beauty patches. Today a heart like this carries something less practical and far more lasting: a message.