Few shapes suit a Limoges box better than a heart. This collection gathers hearts of every mood, from a heart that whispers Je t'aime with a jewel tucked inside to a forget-me-not blue heart, a heart tied with a bow and filled with porcelain chocolates that never melt, and a heart with a ladybug who has landed on top for luck. You will also find Valentine favorites that are not hearts at all: a sealed love letter, an envelope of conversation hearts, a red telephone, a teacup that spells LOVE and a couple sharing a kiss on a park bench.
Each one is a Limoges box, a small hand-painted porcelain box with a hinged lid, made in and around Limoges, France. Slip a ring, a pair of earrings or a few folded words inside and the box carries your message for years.
They make lovely gifts for Valentine's Day, a proposal, a sweetheart's birthday or simply a Tuesday when someone needs to hear it.
Je T'aime Heart Limoges Box with Jewel Heart Inside
He practiced the words all the way across the Pont des Arts, and when the moment came he could not say a single one. So he handed her the little heart instead. On the lid it said Je t'aime. Inside, a jeweled heart caught the evening light. She laughed, then cried a little, then said it right back.
Gold Heart Limoges Box with Purple Bow and Chocolates
Every February, the chocolatier on rue Cler sells out by noon. This year, one clever sweetheart found a better idea: a gold heart, a purple bow, and a little sampler of chocolates that will look just as tempting next February, and the one after that. Not a single one will melt in a warm pocket.
Rochard Key to My Heart Porcelain Heart Limoges Box Figurine
There is only one key, and she has it. That was the whole point. He spent weeks deciding how to say something so simple, and in the end he let the key say it for him. Now it sits on her dresser, where she can see it every morning while she fixes her hair.
Light Blue Forget Me Not Heart Limoges Box
Forget-me-nots grow along the garden wall where two old friends used to sit and talk for hours. One of them moved far away last spring. Before she left, she gave the other a little blue heart the color of those flowers. The meaning was clear, and neither of them has forgotten for a single day.
Rochard Heart Limoges Box with Ladybug on Top
A ladybug landing on you is good luck, everyone knows that. A ladybug landing on a heart must be twice the luck, at least. This one chose her spot very carefully, right on top where the sun is warmest, and she has no intention of flying away. She is staying for the love story.
Heart Shaped Empire Bee Wreath Limoges Box Figurine
The bee on this heart has the air of a small, proud emperor. He wears his gold well, and he guards his laurel wreath as if it held the secrets of the court. Lift the lid, though, and you will find he is mostly a romantic, keeping a sweetheart's ring safe the way bees keep honey.
Valentine Envelope with Conversation Hearts Rochard Limoges Box Figurine
Be Mine. Kiss Me. True Love. The candy hearts tumble out of the envelope just like they did at every school Valentine party, when the whole class traded them across the desks. Some messages never go out of style. A grown-up sweetheart deserves a few of them too, preferably the kind that last.
Rochard Kissing Couple Bench Limoges Figurine Box
The pigeons have seen it all before, but even they look away politely. Two sweethearts on a bench in the Luxembourg Gardens, one long kiss, the whole city humming around them and not one bit of it noticed. Somewhere a bell rings the hour. They will be late for dinner, and they will not mind at all.
Rochard Red Telephone Love Message Limoges Box Figurine
The phone rings at a quarter past eight, right on schedule. No news, nothing urgent, no question to ask. Just a familiar voice on the other end saying three little words before the line clicks off again. Some calls are short. Those are often the very best ones.
LOVE Tea Cup Rochard Limoges Box with Spoon and Heart Sugar Cube
One lump or two? In this house, the answer is always the same: one, as long as it is shaped like a heart. The tea is poured at four o'clock, the spoon stirs a slow circle, and two people sit across from each other, talking about nothing much at all. That is the secret recipe.
Heart Shaped Love Birds Limoges Box
They met on a windowsill in early spring and have not been apart since. Mornings they sing, afternoons they nap, evenings they sit on the same branch and watch the sun go down over the rooftops. If you ask the neighbors, they will tell you these two are the most devoted pair on the whole street.
Rochard Love Letter Marked with a Heart Limoges Box
It was written by hand, in blue ink, on paper that smelled faintly of lavender. Three pages, two crossings-out, one heart pressed into the wax seal. She read it on the stairs, then again at the kitchen table, then a third time by the window. Some letters are meant to be kept forever, so she did.
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