Airport with Flying Plane Rochard Limoges Box

An airport sits below while a plane climbs away overhead, caught at the moment every trip really begins. This hand-painted porcelain Limoges box from Rochard was made in Limoges, France, for anyone who still looks up when a jet passes over.

Cleared for Takeoff

The scene pairs the ground and the sky in one small piece: the terminal that sends travelers off and the aircraft already on its way. Rochard painters work the details in by hand, so the colors and lines vary a little from one finished box to the next.

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Wheels Up Celebrations

This makes a fitting present for a newly licensed pilot, a flight attendant marking years of service, or an air traffic controller heading into retirement. It also suits a traveler who has just booked the trip of a lifetime, or a family that lives far apart and counts the days between visits. On a home office shelf or beside a framed travel map it tells its story at a glance. Airline crews and aviation buffs often have a whole shelf of planes, and this airport scene gives that shelf a place to land.