Rochard Sardine Limoges Box Filled with Sardines

Packed in tight, just like the real thing, sardines fill this witty porcelain Limoges box. It is a Rochard design, painted by hand in Limoges, France.

Packed Like Sardines

Sardines have been canned on the coasts of Brittany since the early 1800s, and French tins with colorful labels are now collected around the world. The phrase packed like sardines comes straight from those crowded tins. This box makes a playful nod to that seaside tradition and the little silver fish that started it all.

Catch of the Coast

• A Rochard food piece, painted by hand in Limoges, France
• A sardine box filled with sardines
• Pairs well with crab in pot, fishing creel and baguette boxes

From the Fish Market to the Shelf

Set it on a kitchen shelf, a beach house windowsill or a bar cart beside the olives and crackers. It makes a clever present for a fisherman, a seafood lover, a chef who loves tinned fish boards, or a traveler back from Brittany or Portugal. Anyone who has ever ridden a crowded subway will get the joke.