# Limoges Porcelain Box

> A plain-language guide to hand-painted Limoges boxes


## Pages

- [The Limoges Porcelain Box, Explained](https://limogesporcelainbox.com/): A plain-language guide to the tiny hinged boxes hand-painted in central France: how they are made, who makes them, and how to tell the real thing.
- [About](https://limogesporcelainbox.com/about/): LimogesPorcelainBox.com is a free guide to hand-painted Limoges boxes, written by people who have bought, sold and studied them for more than twenty years.
- [Collecting and Caring for Limoges Boxes](https://limogesporcelainbox.com/collecting-limoges-boxes/): A Limoges box can last for generations if it is handled gently, kept dry and displayed safely.
- [Limoges Box Gift Ideas](https://limogesporcelainbox.com/limoges-box-gift-ideas/): The best Limoges gift is a box that could only be for one person: shaped like something they love, chosen for a moment they will remember.
- [History of the Limoges Box](https://limogesporcelainbox.com/history-of-limoges-boxes/): The Limoges box began as an 18th-century luxury for carrying snuff and grew, over two and a half centuries, into one of the most collected small gifts in the world.
- [Limoges Box Makers](https://limogesporcelainbox.com/limoges-box-makers/): Most Limoges boxes come from a few dozen small workshops in and around Limoges, and many reach shops under the name of the company that designed or commissioned them.
- [How to Tell If a Limoges Box Is Real](https://limogesporcelainbox.com/authentic-limoges-box/): A genuine Limoges box carries three things on its base: the words "Limoges France," the words "Peint Main," and the mark of the workshop that made it.


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