Romantic French Couples in the Holiday Cupboard

Love is in the air in the Holiday Cupboard!

In my meager quest for a bit of organization after Christmas, I went through a few more unopened  boxes in my storage room in the basement. One of them has been in plain view but haunting me for the last 3 years because I just didn't have a place for the contents. Two houses ago I had a curio cabinet in the dining room where I kept a few of my more delicate pieces of porcelain and china. During my "shabby" French-y phase I collected a few porcelain couple figurines... but they've been packed away for the last 9 years. It was time to open the box and enjoy them again. 

None of them are worth much and they are vintage, but not antiques. Some of them are marked "Japan", and others without any marking at all. But I think they're so sweet and definitely need to be displayed at least for a few weeks of the year. So they're getting a chance to shine during February here in the Cupboard.

I brought out the red transferware again this month to celebrate Valentine's Day. They had been out for Christmas, but I exchanged a few to display at the back of the shelves instead of my brown transferware pieces from January. I tend to shift dishes in and out of here with the seasons and holidays to keep a seasonal color theme. So for now it's red, but since St. Patrick's Day is coming up, the green transferware may make an appearance. 

This mega size couple are absolutely pristine, but each have a finger missing. (ahhhh) I can just imagine some sweet little lady displaying them proudly, but going into a conniption fit when the grandchild removed them from the top shelf to play "dollies". Their colors and rose clothing are just confectionary... and oh my, those precious faces. Fingers or no, they are just amazing.

The china displayed in back is Haviland Limoges, but I only have a few pieces.

These precious pink handmade hanging fabric hearts

 (above) are from HERE.

Vintage Valentine's postcards are scattered among the displays.

The photo below is from last year of a vintage handmade 

Czechoslovakian heart mold that's behind the tureen on the bottom shelf above.

Small floral china teapots, vintage pitchers, creamers,

 and floral salt and peppers, add to the sweet pastel romantic feel.

This old brooch is handpainted and gifted to me for Mother's Day one year 

by my sweet Hubby, along with the needlework English cottage brooch below.

These may be Limoges as I've seen several on Etsy of this type.

Vintage pink and gold cardboard candy box. I wish I could find more boxes,

 but sadly the really old one are pretty hard to find.

The Valentine paper heart garland is from HERE.

The Holiday Cupboard is always the focal point of the Garden Room. 

I really enjoy playing in it each month/holiday.

It's such a fun way to rotate vintage dishes,

knick knacks and ephemera.

I finally got to the breaking point with this large vintage Valentine box. It was water damaged when I found it and thought I might use it as a template. But last week, I thought I'd just try to give it a paint refresh and I was surprised at how nice it turned out. So here it is "refreshed", which was probably close to what it looked like originally. 

Here's the Valentine's Day 

Holiday Cupboard from last year.

You might enjoy my last two posts for Valentine's Day

HERE Garden Room Vignettes,

 and HERE, Vintage Botanical Valentine's Day Entry

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