Designer Sunglasses Hand-Painted Porcelain Limoges Box

A pair of designer style sunglasses, ready for a day at the beach, makes a chic little porcelain box. Painters in Limoges, France added every color and detail by hand.

Shades of the Riviera

Sunglasses became a fashion statement in the twentieth century, worn by film stars on the Croisette at Cannes and on yachts along the French Riviera. This box borrows that glamour, turning an everyday accessory into something worth displaying long after summer ends.

Accessorizing a Collection

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• A stylish addition to a fashion, vacation or beach themed display
• Pairs with purse, high heel, lipstick and hat pieces

For the Jet Setter

It suits a friend leaving for a summer holiday, a fashion stylist or boutique owner, an optometrist celebrating a new practice, or anyone who owns more pairs of sunglasses than they can count. Display it on a vanity, in a walk-in closet, or on a beach house shelf near the sunhats.

Limoges boxes like this one are hard-paste porcelain, fired very hot so the white body comes out strong before it reaches the painter's bench.