Description
Butterflies, the old gardener tells his granddaughter, are flowers that learned to fly. She doesn’t believe him, of course, until one afternoon a pale blue butterfly settles on the cornflowers by the gate and folds its wings so perfectly that she can’t tell flower from wing at all. She laughs out loud, and from that day on she never doubts him again.
This egg remembers that moment. A blue flower is embossed on a warm beige shell, raised so you can trace its petals, and a butterfly clasp holds the egg closed as though a butterfly had landed and decided to stay. It is a soft, natural piece that suits neutral rooms, sunlit bedrooms and spring displays. Give it to a gardener, a butterfly lover, an egg collector, or a child who still believes the old gardener’s tales.
Up close
- A warm beige egg, soft as sand or fresh linen
- A blue flower embossed so its petals can be traced
- Fastened with a dainty clasp shaped like a butterfly
- Limoges porcelain made in France, hand-painted in gentle tones
- Natural, earthy colors that suit calm, neutral rooms
- Charming in a spring display among moss and blossoms
Where the garden and the porcelain cabinet meet. It is lovely on a sunny sill near potted plants, and lovelier still when a real butterfly drifts past the glass.
