Garden Watering Can Limoges Box with Painted Strawberries

Bright red strawberries ripen across a garden watering can on this cheerful porcelain piece, the kind of scene that smells of June. Both the berries and the can were painted by hand on this porcelain Limoges box in Limoges, France.

Berry Season

A watering can is the most faithful tool in any garden, and pairing it with strawberries captures the reward for all that tending. The red fruit against the curve of the can gives the piece a fresh, early summer look that works in a kitchen as well as a sunroom.

Gardener's Corner

• Hand-painted porcelain made in Limoges, France
• Belongs in a gardening, strawberry or country kitchen grouping
• Pairs with flowerpot, birdhouse and garden tool pieces

Gifts from the Patch

Give it to the neighbor who shares her berries every summer, to a garden club president, or to a mother whose kitchen garden is her pride. It makes a pleasant Mother's Day present and a fitting thank-you for a garden tour host.

A Small Box with a Long Past

Porcelain has been made in Limoges since the late 1700s, after fine white kaolin clay was located near the town. Garden subjects have been favorites of its painters ever since, and a strawberry watering can carries that tradition straight into the potting shed.