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LIMOGES BOXES ARTISTIC, COLLECTIBLE.(AT HOME)
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Byline: Krause Publications
One of life's joys is to behold beautiful things and, in the ideal, to own and cherish them. Limoges porcelain boxes are the embodiment of this. Their artistry evokes the same collector interest today as the antique boxes that inspired their creation.
``Limoges boxes are today's representation of a style that reached its zenith around the 18th century,'' said Fay Strumpf, author of Limoges Boxes: A Complete Guide. ``Collection had become a mania and self-indulgence a cornerstone of aristocratic life.''
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