Pottery Maker Scene Large Limoges Box

A potter bent over the wheel, shaping clay into a vessel, is the scene painted on this large porcelain piece. It is a hand-painted Limoges box made in Limoges, France, a town that has lived by clay and kiln for more than two centuries.

Clay on the Wheel

There is a pleasing loop in a ceramic box that shows a ceramic artist at work. The scene captures the hands, the turning wheel and the rising pot, a reminder that every piece of porcelain begins as a lump of wet earth before it is fired and painted.

For Makers and Teachers

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France, in a larger format
• Fits a ceramics, crafts or fine art collection
• A thoughtful present for a potter, art teacher or studio owner

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Potters will enjoy seeing their own craft honored in porcelain, and it makes a fine thank-you at the end of a semester of wheel classes. It also suits a gallery owner, a ceramics student finishing a degree, or a friend who just bought a first kiln.

From Kaolin to Kiln

Limoges became a porcelain town after deposits of kaolin, a fine white clay, were found near Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche in 1768. Every box made there since, this one included, traces back to that same white earth, which makes a potter scene an especially fitting subject.