Rochard Rectangular Blue Delft Pattern Limoges Box

Blue on white, in the style made famous by the potters of Delft, covers this rectangular hand-painted porcelain Limoges box. Rochard made it in Limoges, France, bringing two great European ceramic traditions together.

A Dutch Tradition in French Porcelain

In the 1600s, Dutch potters in the town of Delft began imitating the blue and white porcelain arriving from China. Their tin-glazed pottery became a sensation, and Delft blue still decorates kitchens and cabinets everywhere. Here that look is rendered on true Limoges porcelain, a meeting of Dutch style and French craft.

Blue and White Companions

• A Rochard piece, painted by hand in Limoges, France
• A rectangular box in a Blue Delft pattern
• Fits a blue and white, Dutch or china cabinet collection

At Home on the Plate Rack

Set it on a china cabinet shelf beside blue and white plates, on a dresser or on a desk where its clean colors can stand out. It makes a fine present for a collector of blue and white, a traveler back from the Netherlands or someone with Dutch family roots.