Bouquet of Tulips Limoges Box by Rochard

A bouquet of tulips, gathered as if fresh from a spring market, blooms in porcelain on this cheerful box. Rochard made it in Limoges, France, and painted every petal by hand.

Spring in Full Bloom

Tulips arrived in Europe from Turkey in the 1500s and sparked a famous craze in Holland, where single bulbs once sold for more than a house. Today they are the flower that tells everyone winter is over. Rochard captured a whole bouquet in porcelain, and because the flowers are painted by hand, each one blooms a little differently.

A Bouquet That Never Wilts

Set it on a kitchen windowsill, a breakfast table, or a dresser where a vase of fresh flowers would usually go. It makes a lovely present for Mother's Day, Easter, a spring birthday, or a friend recovering from surgery who could use some color. Gardeners who plant tulip bulbs every fall will appreciate it, and so will anyone who visited the tulip fields of Holland.

Garden Pairings

• A Rochard floral design, hand-painted in Limoges, France
• Fits a tulip, spring flower or garden grouping
• Pairs well with watering can, flower cart and bee boxes