Description
“You promised no presents this year,” Marguerite says, though she is already smiling. Across the café table in Lyon, Bernard only shrugs and slides something small toward her: a package no bigger than a matchbox, its scarlet ribbon tied in a perfect bow. She turns it over twice, waiting for the paper to rustle, before she realises the wrapping itself is the gift.
That is the charm of this anniversary piece. It looks like a present waiting to be opened, crisp edges and a bright red bow painted with real flourish, and the greeting on top says exactly what the day is about. Inside there is just enough room for a wedding ring during the washing up, a pressed petal from the bouquet, or a slip of paper with the date you first met. It is the rare gift that keeps looking like a surprise, year after year.
The details
- Shaped as a wrapped gift box crowned with a red bow
- Inscribed with the words Happy Anniversary across the lid
- Petite interior for a ring or similarly precious memento
- A slim 2.25 x 1.5 x 0.5 inches
- The bow’s loops and tails are painted in a rich, festive scarlet
- Painted by hand in France in fine Limoges porcelain by Rochard
Leave it on a dresser where it can be noticed every morning, a small scarlet reminder of a promise kept and renewed. Pair it with the first anniversary card you ever exchanged.
