Description
June in the Limousin, and the cherry trees along the lane are heavy with fruit. The children climb as high as they dare, filling their pockets and their mouths, and come down with red-stained fingers and pits to spit at one another. Grand-mère hooks a pair of cherries over each granddaughter’s ear like earrings, as she did when she was small, and declares them the most elegant young ladies in the village.
This porcelain pair captures that summer sweetness. Two glossy red cherries dangle from brass stems finished with leaf details, the metal catching the light against the deep crimson fruit. It suits a kitchen in country French style, a dressing table where earrings are kept, or the shelf of anyone who loves fresh fruit and simple pleasures. Two cherries also make a sweet symbol for a couple, inseparable on a single stem. Hang them where the morning sun reaches, and the red glaze seems almost good enough to eat.
Worth noticing
- Depicts two ripe red cherries
- Brass stems topped with leaf details
- Measures about 3 x 1 x 3.25 inches
- Opens to a small compartment for trinkets
- Made by Rochard
- Their crimson skins glazed and shaded by hand in a Limoges atelier
A charming anniversary token for a pair who are always found together, or a summer birthday gift for a fruit lover.
