Titanic Ship Going Down Hand-Painted Limoges Box

The great liner tips bow first into a cold sea, frozen at the moment that made her name known around the world. This hand-painted porcelain Limoges box was shaped and painted in Limoges, France, and it treats a somber subject with real care.

A Night in April 1912

Few ships are remembered the way this one is. The sculpted hull rises at a steep angle above the painted waves, so the whole story reads in a single glance. It is the kind of piece that starts a quiet conversation when a guest picks it up.

Charting a Maritime Shelf

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Belongs with ocean liner, shipwreck and seafaring history pieces
• Pairs naturally with lighthouse, anchor and sailing ship boxes

Berth on the Bookcase

Give it a place on a study bookcase beside volumes of maritime history, or near a framed print of an old steamship. It also suits a desk where someone who has read every account of the voyage will see it every day. History teachers, ship modelers and museum goers drawn to the North Atlantic story tend to appreciate it most.

Fired in the Heart of France

Limoges porcelain is hard-paste porcelain, fired at very high heat, which gives these little boxes their bright white body and their weight in the hand. The color is added afterward by brush.