Rochard Radish Vegetable Limoges Box

Fresh from the kitchen garden, a single radish becomes a playful porcelain box in this vegetable piece from Rochard. The radish was sculpted and then brushed with color by hand in Limoges, France.

Pulled From the Garden Row

Radishes are often the first crop of spring, ready just weeks after planting, which makes them a favorite with home gardeners. Rochard gave this humble root its moment in porcelain as part of a line of vegetable boxes. The painting is done by hand, so the color and finish vary a touch from one radish to another.

Market Basket Pairings

• A Rochard vegetable design, hand-painted in Limoges, France
• Fits a vegetable, kitchen garden or farmers market grouping
• Pairs well with carrot, tomato and garden basket boxes

From Field to Kiln

Limoges became a porcelain town in the late 1700s, once kaolin, the fine white clay the craft depends on, was found near Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche in 1768. Today that same tradition produces whimsy like this. Put it on a kitchen shelf beside the cookbooks, on a farmhouse hutch, or near the herb pots on the windowsill. It suits a chef, a vegetable gardener, a farmers market regular, or the friend who swears by a radish salad every May.