Brown Artist Paint Palette and Brush Limoges Box

A brown artist's palette, complete with a paint brush, turns the painter's most familiar tool into a small porcelain tribute. It is a hand-painted Limoges box made in Limoges, France, which makes the subject especially fitting, since the box itself was finished by an artist's brush.

Fresh From the Easel

Wooden palettes like this one have been held by painters from the old masters to weekend watercolorists. The curved palette and the resting brush say studio at a glance. In Limoges the decoration is done by hand, so every palette shows its own small variations in color and line.

Studio Shelf Partners

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Fits a fine art, painting or hobby themed collection
• Pairs with easel, pencil and music themed pieces

Art Teacher Thank You

Give it to an art teacher at the end of the year, a painter after a first gallery show, or a retiree finally taking up oils. It looks right on a studio windowsill, a craft room shelf or a desk beside a jar of brushes. For an art history graduate, it makes a cheerful marker of finished studies, and it suits any creative who signs their work with pride.