Description
Late September, and the orchard behind the farmhouse is heavy with fruit. Old Marcel climbs his ladder with a wicker basket, testing each pear with a gentle thumb near the stem. Too firm, and it waits another day. Just right, and it goes straight into the basket for Sunday’s tarte aux poires. His granddaughter waits at the bottom, catching the windfalls in her apron and eating them before anyone can object.
This box has been picked at the perfect moment and will stay that way forever. With its realistic colouring and jaunty stem, it looks wonderful in a kitchen alcove, on a dining room sideboard among real fruit, or in the collection of someone who gathers porcelain produce. Give it to the friend whose pear tart is legendary, a gardener celebrating a first harvest, or a newlywed couple setting up their first kitchen.
A closer look
- Formed as a whole pear with its stem intact
- Vibrant, true-to-life colouring
- A design inspired by the orchard and the turning seasons
- Hand-painted in Limoges, France, on fine porcelain
- The little stem adds a playful, just-picked touch to the silhouette
- Lovely grouped with other fruit boxes or on its own beside a fruit bowl
Group it with other porcelain fruit for a still life that never needs replacing. Few hostess gifts are as cheerful or as long-lasting.
