Blue Scale Pattern Teapot Limoges Box by Rochard

Blue scales ripple across the body of this little teapot, a pattern borrowed from classic European china. Rochard made it as a hand-painted porcelain Limoges box in Limoges, France, with tea as its theme from spout to lid.

Scales of Cobalt Charm

The scale motif has a long history on fine tableware, where painters used overlapping arcs to cover a surface with rhythm and color. On a teapot form it looks right at home. Each arc is painted by hand, so the pattern has the slight life and movement you only get from a brush.

Steeped in Tradition

• A Rochard teapot design, hand-painted in Limoges
• Joins a teapot, tea party or blue and white china grouping
• Pairs especially well with the maroon scale teapot from the same maker

Teatime Every Day

Put it in a china cabinet next to real cups and saucers, or on a kitchen shelf near the kettle. It makes a fitting thank-you for the friend who always has the tea ready, a birthday surprise for a teapot collector, or a souvenir for anyone who loves an English-style afternoon tea. Teapot boxes are one of the most collected Limoges shapes, and the scale pattern gives this one a classic, tailored look.