Why You’ll Love It
A charming and highly detailed miniature dollhouse dessert vignette by a Japanese artisan, featuring two lemon meringue tarts hand-sculpted from clay with beautifully realistic texture and color. Each tart has softly peaked meringue with glossy lemon fillings, arranged on a wooden serving board. The scene is completed with miniature cutlery, napkin, and plates. Perfect for a dollhouse dining room, bakery, café, or patisserie display.
Details
Materials: Wood, Clay, Mixed Media
Scale & Size: 1:12 scale; 1 7/8" wide
Condition: Excellent vintage condition
Artist: Japanese Artisan, Unsigned
Collection: Madame Y Collection of Japan
This Listing Includes
You are purchasing the tray vignette with two lemon tarts, as shown. Any additional tea ware, food items, figures, furniture, or styling accessories shown in photographs are for display inspiration only and are not included.
A Note About Value
Every miniature we offer has been carefully evaluated for its craftsmanship, rarity, condition, provenance, and collectibility. Many of the artisan pieces we sell are one-of-a-kind works that may never appear on the market again. While original retail prices provide an interesting historical reference, they rarely reflect decades of appreciation, the artist's legacy, or the scarcity of surviving examples.
Our pricing reflects the miniature's place within today's collector market and the years we've spent studying the artists, histories, and values that make these tiny works of art so special.
A Commitment to Research
Every miniature has a story, and uncovering it is one of our greatest passions. We carefully research each piece, but unsigned or illegible works can remain mysteries. If you can identify an artist or provide additional information, we'd be delighted to hear from you and will gladly update the listing to preserve their legacy.
