Smartphone Limoges Box by Rochard

Here is the device nobody leaves home without, rendered in porcelain as a smart phone Limoges box. Rochard made it and had it painted by hand in Limoges, France, a modern subject in a very old craft.

Old Craft, New Call

Limoges boxes have shown pocket watches, perfume bottles and calling cards for generations, so a phone is the natural next chapter. The contrast is part of the fun: a gadget that changes every year, set in porcelain made the same way for centuries. The painters handle the screen and casing by hand, giving each one its own slight variation.

Always Connected

• A Rochard piece, hand-painted in Limoges, France
• Joins laptop, camera and office subjects on a modern life shelf
• Suits a technology, career or communications theme

On the Desk at Work

It suits an engineer, a software developer, a sales rep who lives on calls, or a teenager's parent who jokes about screen time. Give it at a new job, a promotion, a retirement from the phone company, or a graduation in computer science. It looks right at home on an office desk beside a charging stand, or on a bookshelf in a home office.