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Porcelain is beautiful and delicate. Even the word "porcelain" sounds beautiful and delicate. There's nothing about porcelain, in fact, that isn't beautiful and delicate. 

Porcelain is pottery in its most exquisite form. The word porcelain comes from the Portuguese word "Porcella", the name for the shell made by a type of mollusk, the cowry. This shell of porcelain is translucent and the Portuguese gave this name to the translucent pottery coming from China in the 1500s. 

At the time, the porcelain from Limoges was considered so precious that some manufacturers were "patronaged" by the Royal Family of France. In effect it meant that it was supported and financed by the King’s Family. All our porcelain limoges boxes are made in Limoges according to the craftsmanship techniques of the 18th century. Today's porcelain mountings are all made by hand according to the oldest techniques. All the porcelain boxes are mounted on hinges and close with copies of ancient clasps.