Cookbook with Tart and Rolling Pin Limoges Box

A recipe cookbook, a freshly baked tart and a rolling pin come together in this baker's still life. The whole kitchen scene was painted by hand on porcelain in Limoges, France, and finished as a Limoges box.

From the Recipe Box to the Oven

Every family has a recipe passed down in flour-dusted handwriting, and every baker has a rolling pin that has seen countless pie crusts. This piece gathers those beloved tools around a tart fresh from the oven, a warm reminder of Sunday baking and holiday desserts. It speaks to anyone who learned to bake at a parent's or grandparent's side.

Baker's Dozen Pairings

• Hand-painted porcelain made in Limoges, France
• Fits a baking, kitchen or cookbook collection
• Pairs with teapot, plum tart and recipe book pieces

Sweet Thanks for the Cook

Give it to the family baker on Mother's Day, a pastry chef finishing school, a bakery owner on opening day, or a friend who always brings the best pie to Thanksgiving. It looks right at home on a kitchen shelf beside real cookbooks, on a baker's rack or near the flour canisters. Cooking class instructors also make a natural home for it.