Dior Maison

A porcelain breakfast service, circa 1960 and later

lilly in the valley model, comprising: three tea-pots, one coffee pot, two cream pots, one two handled-sugar pot, two honey pots, one bowl, four small cups, three egg pots, two butter knives, two tea cups and saucers, two coffee saucers, nine plates of different sizes and two covers, signed “Christian Dior Paris Limoges France”; we add a Limoges porcelain plate of similar model and an other plate of similar model

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Haut. Théière 18 cm, height. Teapot. 7 in.

Lily of the valley is the emblematic flower of Dior. It symbolises the arrival of spring and can be found in the gardens of Monsieur Dior’s childhood home in Granville. Superstitious, Monsieur Dior would sew a sprig into the hem of each of his dresses and wear one on his jacket as a good luck charm. He also created the Muguet line for his 1954 collection and made it the main olfactory note of his Diorissimo fragrance, created in 1956. This service therefore pays tribute to Monsieur Dior and features several variations over the years, still available today at Dior Maison.

The lilly service is created after the one made by Monsieur Dior in the 1960s.