Pear with Stem Porcelain Limoges Box

A single pear, stem and all, has been shaped into this porcelain box, ripe and ready for the fruit bowl. Painted by hand in Limoges, France, this Limoges pear brings an orchard favorite to the shelf.

Fresh From the Orchard

Pears have a graceful, curving silhouette that painters and still life artists have loved for centuries. The little stem on top gives this one a just picked look. It is a simple, classic subject that never goes out of season.

Still Life Companions

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Belongs in a fruit, kitchen or orchard collection
• Groups well with strawberry, apple and fruit basket boxes

Kitchen Counter Charm

Set it on a kitchen counter beside a real fruit bowl, on a breakfast nook shelf, or on a dining room sideboard as part of a small still life arrangement. It makes a lovely housewarming present, a thank you for a cook who shares recipes, or a birthday surprise for a friend who grows fruit trees in the backyard. Bakers who make pear tarts every fall will smile at it.

Line it up with a few other fruit boxes and you have a porcelain still life worthy of a French painter.