Old Fashioned Pitcher Porcelain Limoges Box

An old fashioned pitcher, with the familiar spout and handle of a farmhouse jug, is shrunk down to box size in this piece. It is a hand-painted porcelain Limoges box made in Limoges, France, in the style of an antique china pitcher.

Pouring From Grandmother's Cupboard

Pitchers like this once stood on farmhouse tables and washstands, filled with milk, water or fresh cut flowers. This miniature recalls that era, and the china cabinets where good porcelain waited for Sunday dinner. Every box is painted by hand, so each pitcher has its own slight differences.

China Cabinet Company

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Suits a china, tea table or tableware grouping
• Pairs with teapot, cup and saucer and creamer pieces

A Toast to the Table

It suits a host who loves setting a proper table, a new homeowner furnishing a first dining room, or a friend who collects antique china. There is a pleasing logic in it, too: a porcelain pitcher from Limoges imitating the tableware that made the city famous. Porcelain has been made there since the late 1700s, after kaolin clay was found near Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche in 1768.