Lettuce Head Porcelain Limoges Box
A fresh head of lettuce, its leaves cupped together like a just-picked garden prize, makes a crisp green subject for porcelain. This hand-painted Limoges box was made in Limoges, France.
Crisp From the Cold Frame
Lettuce is often the first crop of spring, the one that tells a gardener the season has truly begun. Its overlapping leaves give the painters a lovely layered form to work with, and since every leaf is colored by hand, the greens vary gently from box to box.
Salad Bowl Society
- Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
- Joins tomato, carrot, fennel and eggplant boxes for a full salad
- A fresh green note for a kitchen garden collection
For Early Spring Planters
Hand it to a gardener who starts seeds on the windowsill in February, a friend who runs a farm stand, or a cook who never serves a meal without a green salad. It is also a fun pick for someone who just joined a community garden or finally built that first raised bed in the backyard.
Set it on a kitchen counter, a potting bench shelf or a breakfast nook ledge. Among red tomatoes and orange carrots, its cool green shade adds balance to a vegetable lineup. Many collectors start their kitchen grouping with a lettuce for exactly that reason, then build the salad around it one piece at a time.