Description
Splash, flutter, chirp. In a walled garden in Provence, the stone fountain is the busiest place of all. Sparrows bathe in the basin, a finch perches on the rim, and a blackbird waits impatiently for its turn. Old Madame Girard watches from her bench with a cup of tea, naming each visitor as it arrives, as if greeting old friends.
This box brings that lively garden gathering indoors. Birds perch on a garden fountain, every feather and stone detail painted with care, and the whole piece opens as a small keepsake box. It makes a lovely centerpiece for a living room side table, an office bookshelf or a sunny windowsill where real birds might come to visit. Give it to a birdwatcher, a gardener who cannot resist the nursery in spring, or someone whose garden is their sanctuary. It is also a thoughtful housewarming gift for anyone who has just planted their first flower bed.
Inside and out
- Songbirds perched on a garden fountain
- Opens as a small keepsake box
- Feathers and stonework picked out by an artisan on Limoges porcelain
- A lovely centerpiece for a living room or office
- A delightful gift for birdwatchers and gardeners
Pair it with a packet of wildflower seeds or a new bird feeder, and the garden it celebrates will soon have real visitors too. Each morning, as the sparrows arrive at the real feeder, the little porcelain fountain will seem to join their chorus.
