Hand-Painted Bourgogne Wine Bottle Box in Limoges Porcelain

A slender Bourgogne wine bottle stands upright here, its tall shoulders and narrow neck shaped in white porcelain and dressed in painted color. Burgundy's best known bottle shape has been turned into a hand-painted porcelain Limoges box, shaped and colored by artisans in Limoges, France.

A Pour From Burgundy

Bourgogne is the French name for Burgundy, the region whose red and white wines have filled cellars for centuries. This little bottle borrows that famous silhouette, so it reads at once as a nod to French wine country rather than a generic bottle.

Uncorked for the Wine Shelf

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Belongs with wine, vineyard and French travel pieces
• Sits comfortably beside cork boards, decanters or a corkscrew display

Raising a Glass at Home

Place it on a bar cart, a wine rack shelf or the kitchen counter near your favorite bottles. It suits a sommelier's birthday, a housewarming toast for friends who love Burgundy, or a souvenir of a trip through the vineyards of Beaune and Dijon.

Fired in the Heart of France

Limoges porcelain is a hard-paste porcelain, fired at very high temperatures until it turns glassy and strong. After that firing, painters add the colors by hand, which is why a small wine bottle like this one carries the touch of a real brush.