Description
The ferry horn sounds as the boat rounds the breakwater, and the whole deck crowds to the rail. Old Harbor appears: the white Victorian hotels, the bicycles stacked along the dock, gulls wheeling over the fishing boats. A family from Connecticut has come every August for three generations. The youngest asks if they can ride bikes to the bluffs straight away, and her grandfather, who first came here as a boy, says yes before anyone else can answer.
This box holds the spirit of those island summers. Block Island’s landmarks are painted across its length, and a decorative orb adds a polished finishing touch. It is an easy choice for a family with a beach house on the island, a couple married on its bluffs, or anyone who needs a reminder of salt air in the middle of winter. Set on a windowsill beside sea glass, it looks right at home.
Details to love
- Depicts well-loved Block Island landmarks
- Topped off with a decorative orb
- Long, low shape about 3.5″ x 2.25″ x 1.25″
- Opens for a ferry token, shells or tiny treasures
- Made by Rochard, a porcelain house in Limoges
- Painted by hand in France
Fill it with a pinch of island sand and it becomes a summer you can hold. For a family that returns every year, it makes a fine house gift for the cottage owner too.
