Watercolor Paint Palette and Brush Limoges Box

Little pans of watercolor wait beside a ready paint brush, as if a landscape is about to be started on a summer afternoon. This palette is a hand-painted porcelain Limoges box from Limoges, France.

Wet on Wet, Fired in Porcelain

Watercolor is the most portable of the painting arts, beloved by travelers, botanical illustrators and weekend sketchers. This box captures the familiar layout of a watercolor kit, with its colors and brush, rendered in porcelain and finished by a Limoges painter's own hand.

A Kit for the Curio Cabinet

• Hand-painted porcelain made in Limoges, France
• Fits a watercolor, fine art or hobby collection
• Pairs nicely with easel, sketchbook and artist palette pieces

For Sketchers and Dreamers

Give it to someone who never travels without a travel sketchbook, a retiree starting watercolor lessons, or a botanical artist who paints the garden each spring. It also makes a warm thank-you for an art instructor or the leader of a local painting group.

Set it on a studio windowsill where the light comes in, on a craft room shelf, or on a desk next to a cup of brushes. Watercolorists will recognize the arrangement of their own kit at a glance, and that small moment of recognition is half the charm.