Mice Under Tall Sunflowers Porcelain Limoges Box

Little mice play beneath tall sunflowers in this cheerful porcelain scene, tiny figures dwarfed by golden blooms. Hand-painted in Limoges, France, the Limoges box captures a late summer afternoon in the garden.

Hide and Seek Among the Stalks

To a mouse, a sunflower must look like a towering tree, and that sense of scale gives this piece its charm. The scene suggests a garden at the height of summer, buzzing with life and color. Each box is painted by hand, so the petals and mice vary slightly from one to the next.

Harvest Garden Pairings

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Fits a mouse, sunflower or garden grouping
• Pairs with watering can, birdhouse and other mouse pieces

Sunny Day Gifts

Give it to a gardener who grows sunflowers along the fence, a friend who collects mice, or someone celebrating a late summer birthday. It suits a Kansas native too, since the sunflower is that state's flower. Set it on a kitchen windowsill, a garden room shelf or a harvest table from August through October, when real sunflowers are nodding in the garden.