Blue and Yellow Floral Purse Limoges Box

Blue and yellow flowers dance across this purse-shaped box, bright as a field of wildflowers in the south of France. Limoges painters decorated the porcelain entirely by hand.

Colors of Provence

Blue and yellow are the classic colors of Provencal fabrics, those cheerful printed cottons found in every market from Avignon to Aix. This purse borrows that sunny palette, and since each flower is painted by hand, the pattern varies slightly from piece to piece.

Market Day Handbag

It brings to mind a straw-hat morning at an open-air market, baskets of lavender and lemons, and a table set with blue and yellow linens. On a shelf, it brings that same sunny spirit to a kitchen, breakfast room or dressing table.

Sunshine and Sky Notes

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• A purse painted with blue and yellow flowers
• Fits handbag, floral and Provence collections

Give it to a friend just back from a trip to the south of France, a Francophile who decorates in blue and yellow, or a purse collector looking for a cheerful addition. It also suits a summer birthday, a Mother's Day surprise or a thank-you for a hostess with a Provencal-style home. Pair it with the sun on orange box for a sunny French grouping, and the whole shelf seems to glow.