Yellow Oval Floral Pill Box Limoges Porcelain

Hand-painted flowers drift across the lid and sides of this yellow oval box, one of the time honored pill box shapes made in Limoges. The porcelain was painted by hand in Limoges, France, giving each piece its own small variations.

An Oval of Spring Blooms

The long oval outline gives the painter a generous surface, so the flowers can stretch out rather than bunch together. Against the soft yellow ground, the effect is light and airy, like a sprig of blossoms laid across a sunlit table.

Fine White Clay, Fired Hot

Limoges porcelain is hard-paste porcelain, fired at very high heat, which gives it a bright white body under the color. That is why a simple yellow box like this one has such a clean, glowing finish when the light hits it.

Little Uses, Big Smiles

• Keeps a ring or a pair of studs safe on a vanity tray
• Holds a day's tablets in a handbag or on a nightstand
• Rounds out a yellow or floral pill box collection

An easy present for a sister, a nurse or a friend who needs a bit of sunshine in her day.