Cheese on a Plate Porcelain Limoges Box

Cheese served on its own little plate becomes a porcelain box here, a natural subject for a piece made in the land of a thousand cheeses. It is hand-painted in Limoges, France.

Say Fromage

France counts its cheeses in the hundreds, and the cheese course is a fixture of the French table. This box takes that tradition and sets it on a shelf, with the plate and cheese both painted by hand so each finished piece has small differences in tone.

A Cheese Course Lineup

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Pairs with bread, wine bottle and grape pieces in a French table grouping
• Fits a kitchen, gourmet or food themed collection

From Market to Shelf

Keep it on a kitchen windowsill, beside cookbooks, or on a dining room sideboard near the serving boards. It makes a fun housewarming present for a home cook, a thank-you for a cheesemonger or caterer, or a birthday surprise for the friend who always brings the charcuterie board. Anyone who has wandered a French open-air market will recognize the subject right away.

The Clay Behind the Plate

Porcelain has been made in Limoges since the late 1700s, when white kaolin clay was found nearby. That same city is better known for fine dinner plates, which makes a porcelain plate of cheese a fitting nod to local history.