Red Wild Boar Pig Porcelain Limoges Box by Rochard

Snout down and ready to root, a wild boar in deep red trots onto the scene in this Rochard box. The animal is shaped in porcelain and colored by hand in Limoges, France, giving the old forest pig a bold new look.

Out of the Oak Woods

The wild boar has roamed European forests for centuries and still turns up in French hunting lore and country cooking. Rochard chose a strong red for this one instead of the usual barnyard pink, so it reads as something wilder and more spirited. Each box is brushed by hand, and the color settles a little differently on every piece.

A Boar Among the Pigs

• A Rochard Limoges design
• Brings a woodland note to a pig, farm or forest animal shelf
• Looks sharp next to deer, fox and hedgehog boxes

Hunting Lodge to Kitchen Shelf

Pig collectors usually own plenty of pink, and a red boar breaks up the row nicely. It also suits a cabin mantel, a hunting lodge bookcase or a kitchen hutch in a house that loves French country cooking. As a present, it works for a hunter, a charcuterie fan or anyone born in the Year of the Pig.

Set it where the light catches the red, and it will hold its own among much larger pieces.