Description
At the edge of a quiet village in the Vosges, where the road bends toward the forest, stands a small house that travelers always seem to notice. Beside it grows a fir tree, heavy with snow by December. Each evening someone lights a lamp in the front window, and its glow spills golden across the white yard. Walkers coming home in the dark say they slow down when they pass it.
Nobody quite knows who lives there; perhaps it does not matter. The house simply looks like home, the way houses do in picture books. This box holds that same promise of warmth on a cold night, a holiday house standing next to its tree. Give it to a friend who has just closed on a new home, a family moving to a snowy region, or someone far from home who misses the place they grew up.
Inside and out
- A wintry holiday house set beside a tree
- Approximately 2.7 inches long, 1.5 inches wide and 2.5 inches high
- Hinged lid concealing a small space inside
- Snowy whites and soft lamplit tones
- Painted by hand on fine Limoges porcelain from France
Lovely as a housewarming present in winter, especially when tucked inside a basket with candles and cocoa. Home, after all, is the best gift. It also suits a winter village display on a long sideboard.
