Chick Hatching Limoges Trinket Box

Made in Limoges, France. This is in excellent LIKE NEW condition with no chips or cracks! Hand-painted and beautifully made. The history of Limoges Boxes is fascinating — and so is the detailed process of how they are handmade one by one! Limoges Boxes are ONLY made in France. Porcelain boxes made anywhere in the world outside Limoges, France cannot legally be called “Limoges” Boxes. This is similar to how “Champagne” only comes from the Champagne region of France. Sparkling white wine made anywhere in the world outside of the Champagne region is NOT “Champagne,” of course. Similarly, porcelain boxes made outside the area of Limoges, France are NOT “Limoges Boxes.” Limoges porcelain boxes were first created in the mid-18th century after Jacques Turgot, Finance Minister of King Louis XVI, gave a Royal edict to the city of Limoges, France the exclusive right to produce Royal Limoges porcelain for the Kingdom of France. The first Limoges trinket boxes were long narrow containers that were created for expensive needles. From here, other shapes of Limoges porcelain boxes evolved. The earliest were those that held thimbles and embroidery scissors and then round flat Limoges boxes were formed and used as powder boxes. Under Louis XVI these small boxes were also used to hold a lock of lady's hair or a small piece of paper with a romantic poem.