The calendar is full of little reasons to celebrate, and this collection gathers the ones between the Christmas seasons. Here you'll find Easter bunnies and chicks, tender mother-and-baby pairs for Mother's Day, Halloween ghosts and witches, a bit of Irish luck for St. Patrick's Day, Hanukkah menorahs and dreidels, and proud American landmarks for the Fourth of July.
A Limoges box is a small hand-painted porcelain box with a hinged lid, made in and around Limoges, France. Because each one is finished by hand, every box has its own small personality, which is why so many people collect them holiday by holiday. A box set out each spring, or on the mantel every October, becomes part of the tradition itself.
They also make thoughtful gifts. A holiday box marks a day that matters to someone, it is small enough to tuck beside a card, and it will still be there to bring out next year, and the year after that.
Rochard Bunny in a Carrot Car Limoges Box
Monsieur Lapin has never been patient on Easter morning. While the other rabbits hop from bush to bush, he climbs into his carrot car, honks twice, and putters off down the garden path at a scandalous speed. The chickens scatter. The tulips lean back. By the time anyone catches up, he has found every egg and is waiting at the gate, ears flapping, very pleased with himself.
Chocolate Easter Rabbit Porcelain Limoges Box
Every Easter basket has one, and every year someone bites off the ears first. This rabbit has heard the stories and decided to stay safely in porcelain. He sits on the shelf all spring, looking delicious and smug, while the real chocolate bunnies around him disappear one nibble at a time.
Mother Pushing Baby Carriage Limoges Figurine Box
Sunday afternoons are for promenades. Off she goes along the boulevard, the carriage wheels ticking over the cobblestones, stopping every few steps so a neighbor can peek inside and say how much the baby has grown. The baby, for the record, sleeps through the whole parade.
Rochard Flowered Witch Hat and Owl Limoges Box
Not every witch wants to dress in gloomy black. This one prefers roses and daisies, thank you, and her pointed hat blooms all year round. Her owl rides on top as a lookout, hooting softly whenever a broom flies too close. On Halloween night, she is the only witch in the sky who smells like a garden.
Two Ghosts on a Swing Retired Limoges Box
Back and forth, back and forth, two little ghosts on an old swing at the edge of the orchard. They are not here to frighten anyone. They are simply having the best night of their afterlife, giggling every time the swing goes high enough to brush the moon.
Ghost in the Computer Retired Limoges Box
Someone left the computer on overnight, and now there is a ghost inside it. He moves the cursor when no one is looking, opens old photos, and types boo into every document. Nobody has the heart to shut him down. He seems so happy with the internet.
Irish Pub Limoges Box with Four Beer Bottles
There is a fiddle in the corner, a fire in the grate, and a booth by the window that has been saving your seat all evening. Four little bottles wait on the bar. Someone starts a song, someone else forgets the second verse, and by closing time everyone is a cousin.
Rochard Irish Leprechaun Hand-Painted Limoges Box
Catch him if you can. This leprechaun has been dodging treasure hunters for longer than he will admit, ducking behind clover patches and winking from under his hat. If you do manage to keep him on your shelf, be polite. He may decide you are worth a bit of his luck.
Rochard Hanukkah Menorah Limoges Box with Lift Out Candle
On the first night, the family gathers close around the little table. Grandmother lifts the first candle, the children lean in, and the room goes quiet except for the match. Each night after, one more flame joins the row, and each night the kitchen smells a little more of latkes.
Rochard Lady Liberty Limoges Box on White Base
She has a French accent, you know, if you listen closely. Every morning Lady Liberty lifts her torch over the harbor and hums a little tune from the old country, and every Fourth of July she stands a bit taller as the fireworks bloom red, white and blue around her crown.
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