French handpainted Limoges porcelain box with antique brass trim. An elegant and artistic lilly of the valley set of plants with flowers planted in a flower pot decorated with butterflies and ladybugs.
Other jardinieres from Chamart Limoges also available: limoges box daffodils jardiniere, Limoges box crocus jardiniere, Limoges box amarylis jardiniere and Limoges box azaleas jardiniere as well as Limoges boxes with flower in flower pots.
The lily of the valley has a very special meaning. It symbolizes purity, modesty, virginity, majesty. The white lily is linked to Juno, the queen of the gods in Roman mythology, by the story that while nursing her son Hercules, some excess milk fell from the sky creating the group of stars we call the Milky Way, and lilies were created from what milk fell to the earth. The Easter lily is also known as the symbol of the Virgin Mary.
This plant originated in Europe where it is widely cultivated. It is the month of May flower and has a sweet scent and a bell shape which is very oramental for any vase or garden as one of the first flowers of the spring season.
Please browse our site for different Limoges boxes with the lily of the valley pattern in many different shapes as well as Limoges boxes with a variety of decors combining the lily of the valley with ladybugs and other garden motifs.
2 1/4"L, 2 3/4"H, 3/4"W.
From Limoges, France. By Chamart.