Plum Fruit Limoges Box, Retired Porcelain Design

A single ripe plum, round and smooth, has been turned into a porcelain box in this retired design. Painted by hand in Limoges, France, it brings the quiet beauty of the orchard into a cabinet.

Plucked From the Orchard

Plums have a long history in French kitchens, from rustic tarts to the famous prunes of Agen. In porcelain, the fruit becomes a simple, satisfying shape, and the lid lifts away to turn it into a tiny box.

A Fruit Bowl That Never Spoils

• A retired design, no longer in regular production
• Goes with fruit, kitchen or garden themed boxes
• Pairs with apple, pear, cherry and strawberry pieces

Late Summer on the Sideboard

Arrange it in a shallow bowl with other porcelain fruit for a still life that lasts all year, or give it its own spot on a kitchen windowsill. It makes a warm present for a home baker famous for her plum cake, an orchard owner, or a gardener who grows stone fruit. Plums are less common than apples among Limoges fruit boxes, so this retired piece fills an easy-to-miss gap in a fruit collection.

A still-life grouping of porcelain fruit has a painterly quality that suits both country kitchens and formal dining rooms.