Rochard Black Stingray Porcelain Limoges Box

Gliding through porcelain waters, a black stingray spreads its wings, its removable barb set to one side. This sea creature is a Rochard Limoges box, painted by hand in Limoges, France.

Wings Beneath the Waves

Stingrays move as if they are flying, and the broad body of this one gives the box a sleek, flat shape. The barb comes off as a separate porcelain piece, a clever touch that makes it more than a simple outline. The dark finish is laid on by hand.

Reef and Ray Display

Set it on a bathroom shelf with a nautical theme, a beach house mantel or the desk of a diver who logs every dive. It is a good present for a marine biology graduate, an aquarium volunteer, or anyone who has stood in the shallows while the rays drifted past.

A Ray for the Ocean Shelf

• A Rochard sea life design, hand-painted in Limoges, France
• Fits an ocean, reef or coastal collection
• Pairs with crab, turtle, dolphin and seashell boxes

Limoges porcelain is a hard-paste body fired at very high heat, which gives even a thin, flat form like a ray's wings real strength. The painting comes after that firing, done by hand.