As part 1 already discussed a few differences in the original Limoges Boxes and the Christmas Limoges Boxes will be on the actual box made of special material signifying the love behind gift over this special time of year and how it affects the designs and its values.
USE OF 24K GOLD
As the actual gold signifies not only on the religious side one of the gifts handed to baby Jesus in the manger but also over this period especially amongst loved ones gold indicates the love shared amongst two people and celebrated over Christmas.
The special process the artists used to create his paint made specially out of eighteen to twenty-four carat gold and using this in his intricate and loved art form has been valued for years past and to come as this combined with what can be done as part of the process especially in the details inside and outside can be invaluable to the receiver as a gift.
SUBJECT MATTER
Here once again we see how the subject matter can increase the value of an item, especially like this one. Being Christmas, what better gift can you get and the subject doesn’t even have to be related to Christmas to be given as a Christmas gift.
The subject matter can obviously be but it doesn’t matter as the Limoges is a perfect gift no matter what time of year it is. The artist performing theses tasks can either decide on his own subject matter and increase or decrease the financial value but if the personal subject matter is decided upon he can use his artistic abilities to create the perfect gift that is beyond financial value but the personal value which is worth more to the receiver of this box
RARITY
Over the Christmas period, a perfect gift can be a rare and a once in a lifetime find of Christmas Limoges boxes or one forgotten in someone’s cellar for centuries or one that has been hidden for so long it was lost.
But most valuable boxes are rare as the valuable ones are the ones kept close by the older generation and hidden away especially during the bad parts of their history so it could have gotten lost and once found can become the rarest of the rare and can be the perfect Christmas Limoges Box gift ever as it can be a one of a king.
HAND-PAINTED VS. HAND-DECORATED
A hand-painted gift is always personal and you do find some artists of these boxes will take time to help someone make a special one of a kind Christmas give box but not only teaching also helping finish it off.
What wouldn’t you give not only received a metal and porcelain box engraved with gold hand-painted inside and out by your loved one? No matter how bad the artwork might be or small problems here and there, it will be the most perfect and valuable Christmas gift ever received,. A hand-painted gold engraved porcelain Christmas gift. Who could ask for more?