Watering Can Limoges Box with Snail

A snail has hitched a ride on this porcelain watering can, as if it wandered over from the vegetable bed. It is a hand-painted porcelain Limoges box made in Limoges, France, a garden vignette made for the shelf and never for the plants.

Morning in the Potting Shed

Watering cans and snails both belong to the early hours of a garden, when the leaves are still wet. Putting them together makes a small story, the gardener's tool and the garden's slowest resident sharing the same moment.

The Gardener's Choice

This is the box for anyone who spends weekends in the vegetable patch or the rose border. It makes a fine birthday present for a green-thumbed friend, a thank-you for a garden club speaker, or a retirement present for someone finally free to garden full time.

Garden Shed Companions

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Fits garden, gardening tool and critter groupings
• Pairs with flower pot, wheelbarrow and birdhouse shapes

Where It Grows Best

Place it on a kitchen windowsill near a pot of herbs, a potting bench shelf indoors or a sunroom table. It also looks charming beside seed catalogs and garden books on a bookshelf.