Green Basket Rochard Limoges Box with Handle

A green basket with an arched handle swings into view in this garden-fresh Rochard box. The weave and the color are painted by hand on porcelain in Limoges, France.

Gathering From the Garden

A handled basket calls to mind a morning in the vegetable patch, a walk to the market or a picnic on the grass. Rochard keeps the design simple: a woven body in green, topped by its handle. Because the weave is brushed in by hand, each basket comes out a little different.

Basket Shelf Basics

• A Rochard design from the garden basket group
• Pairs with garden, picnic and spring themed boxes
• Mixes easily with flower, fruit and vegetable pieces

Sunroom and Kitchen Company

Set it on a kitchen windowsill beside herbs, on a sunroom table or on a potting bench shelf, where the green blends with real leaves. It is a fitting present for a gardener's birthday, a garden club hostess or a friend who just planted a first vegetable bed.

In the Limoges tradition, color goes on only after the plain white porcelain has come out of the kiln, and the metal mounts are then set by hand. A plain basket like this one shows that careful work clearly, since nothing distracts from the weave and the color.