Golden Yellow Pear with Flowers Limoges Box
A golden yellow pear, painted with flowers and touched with gold accents, turns an orchard favorite into a small work of decorative art. Painters in Limoges, France, created this hand-painted porcelain Limoges box.
Harvest Gold and Blossom
The warm yellow of a ripe pear makes a sunny background for painted blossoms, and gold accents give the whole piece a soft glow. It reads as both a fruit study and a floral painting, a combination that has long appealed to collectors of French porcelain. Late summer, when the first pears soften on the branch, is the season this little piece seems to celebrate.
Orchard Companions
- Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
- Belongs in a fruit, floral or garden collection
- Pairs nicely with apple, fig and blue pear pieces
Golden Hour on the Sideboard
Place it in a china cabinet with gold-rimmed plates, on a breakfast table near a bowl of fresh fruit, or on a vanity tray. It makes a gracious present for a hostess who loves to garden, a September birthday, or a friend who collects painted fruit.