Chamart Hand-Painted Limoges Porcelain I Love You Box

Description

Chamart hand-painted a Limoges porcelain decorative box for jewelry in the shape of a heart with two lovebirds. Inscribed “I love you” inside. Highly collectible today, Limoges boxes have had a place in history since the need arose for the safekeeping of small precious objects. They have been used through the centuries as presentation boxes, message boxes, and boxes to hold sentimental items such as a lock of a child’s hair or a baby’s tooth.

Dimensions: 1.75″L x 1.75″W x 1.25″

Country of Origin: France

About Chamart: Chamart’s founder, Charles Martine, began importing fine French porcelain to the United States in the early 1950s and, by 1965, had expanded the company’s line to introduce the first collection of wonderful French Limoges boxes to the U.S.