Cow Lait Teapot Porcelain Limoges Box

A friendly cow and the French word Lait, meaning milk, decorate this little teapot, a playful wink at the morning cup of tea with milk. It is a hand-painted porcelain Limoges box, crafted in Limoges, France.

Milk in First or Last

Tea drinkers have argued for generations over when the milk should go in, and this teapot settles nothing but makes everyone smile. The cow motif and the word Lait give it a French country charm, and every detail is painted by hand, so each teapot is a little different.

A Farmhouse Tea Party

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Fits a tea, kitchen or farmhouse collection
• Pairs well with teacup, sugar bowl and cow pieces

Steeped in Limoges Tradition

Limoges has produced porcelain since the late 1700s, when kaolin, the fine white clay that makes true hard-paste porcelain possible, was found near Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. Teapots and tableware were among the city's earliest products, so a teapot box is a natural nod to that long history.

Give it to a dairy farmer, a tea room owner, or a friend who studied in France and still says lait instead of milk. On a kitchen hutch, a breakfast table or a shelf of cow collectibles, it adds a cheerful country note.