Rochard Light Purple Jar Limoges Box with Gold Dots, Low Lid

Soft lilac porcelain, sprinkled with gold dots and capped by a low lid, gives this little jar a calm, old-fashioned grace. It is a hand-painted Rochard Limoges box made in Limoges, France.

Lavender and Gilt Glimmer

The jar shape recalls the apothecary pots once lined up on French dressing tables, and the light purple ground keeps the look gentle rather than formal. Gold dots catch the light as you walk past. Rochard also offers a high-lid version of this jar in the same palette, and the two look handsome side by side.

On the Dressing Table

• A Rochard piece painted by hand in Limoges, France
• Fits a pastel, lavender or classic shapes collection
• Pairs with the light purple oval, round and high-lid jar in this pattern

Petite Jar, Many Occasions

Set it on a vanity tray beside perfume bottles, on a bedside table, or in a guest room where it adds color without crowding the space. It suits a birthday for someone whose favorite color is lilac, a thank-you to a bridesmaid in a purple wedding party, or Mother's Day. Collectors who build sets by pattern will want it alongside the other pieces in the gold dot range.

Porcelain boxes became fashionable in 18th-century France for holding snuff, pills and beauty patches, and this jar keeps that dressing table tradition alive.