Fruit in Basket Porcelain Limoges Box
A woven basket brims over with fruit in a cheerful mix of colors, the kind of harvest you might carry home from a summer market. This hand-painted porcelain Limoges box captures that bounty in miniature, and it was made in Limoges, France.
Market Morning Bounty
Fruit baskets have been a favorite subject for painters for centuries, and this little still life carries on the idea in porcelain. The weave of the basket and the rounded fruit are colored by hand, so the tones shift a little from one piece to the next, as real produce does.
A Kitchen Table Still Life
Place it on a kitchen windowsill, a breakfast table or a sideboard beside a real fruit bowl. It also makes a bright note on a dining room hutch among plates and pitchers, where its colors carry across the room.
Picked for Good Company
- Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
- Sits well with apple, pear, cherry pie and picnic basket pieces
- A friendly housewarming present or a thank-you for a dinner host
Farmers market regulars, home canners and anyone who keeps a fruit bowl full on the counter will see themselves in this one. It is a year round piece, but it shines brightest in late summer when the orchards are heavy with fruit.