Description
“Close your eyes,” says Lucie’s aunt, steering her by the shoulders into the dining room. There is a rustle, a giggle someone fails to swallow, then the lights come up on streamers, a wobbling tower of balloons and a cake so tall it leans slightly to the left. Lucie is seven today, and she decides on the spot that seven is the best age anyone has ever been. Later, sticky with icing, she falls asleep in her party dress on the sofa.
This joyful box bottles up that whole celebration. A frosted cake is painted with bright balloons and a scatter of multicolored confetti, every surface busy with festivity. Lift the lid and the surprise continues: a miniature cake waits inside, lettered Happy Birthday, small enough to sit on a fingertip. It is a delightful way to mark a milestone birthday, whether a first or a ninetieth, and it makes a cheerful centerpiece beside the birthday cards on a sideboard. Many families bring it out again every year, a little ritual all its own.
Painted details
- A birthday cake covered in balloons and confetti
- A loose miniature cake inside reads Happy Birthday
- Measures 1.75 x 1.75 x 2.75 inches
- A Rochard creation
- Hand-painted porcelain, made in Limoges, France
Tuck a folded wish or a pair of earrings beside the little cake before wrapping.
