Light Green Conical Rochard Limoges Box with Gold Dots

Rising to a point like a little spring spire, this light green cone is sprinkled with gold dots from base to tip. Rochard hand-paints this porcelain Limoges box in Limoges, France, and its shape is one you rarely see among the usual rounds and ovals.

A Spire of Spring Green

The conical outline gives the piece height and a slightly playful, modern air, while the soft green ground and gold dots keep it tied to classic French porcelain. Every dot is applied by a painter's hand, so the pattern settles a little differently on each cone.

Tapering Into the Collection

• A Rochard box from Limoges, France
• Shares its green and gold dot pattern with the small rectangular box
• Brings an unusual silhouette to a shapes or pastel collection

Adding Height Among the Flat Ones

On a shelf of low, wide boxes, this cone lifts the eye and breaks up the line. Try it on a windowsill with spring bulbs, on a powder room counter, or at the corner of a bookshelf. It suits a birthday in April or May, a congratulations for a friend's new garden apartment, or a thank-you for a hostess whose table is always set in greens. Collectors who look for odd shapes will be pleased to find one in such a gentle color.