Description
Each autumn, the monarchs set off on a journey that seems impossible: thousands of miles across fields, rivers and mountains, to forests their grandparents last saw. In a schoolyard in Ohio, a class of second-graders released the butterflies they had raised from caterpillars. One landed briefly on a little girl’s sleeve, opened its wings once, as if to say goodbye, and was gone.
This monarch spreads its wings wide, and thanks to its double hinge, both wings open like the pages of a tiny book. It is a lovely gift for a gardener who plants milkweed, a teacher, a hospice volunteer or someone marking a transformation in their own life: a graduation, a recovery, a new chapter. Lay it flat on a dressing table, a coffee table or a desk, where its striking wings make an instant focal point. At just three-quarters of an inch high, it is slim and elegant. Butterfly collectors will appreciate its unusual opening, a delightful surprise for anyone who handles it for the first time.
Inside and out
- A monarch butterfly with outspread wings
- Opens on a double hinge
- Flat and broad at 3.25 x 3 x 0.75 inches
- A Limoges porcelain piece with hand-laid color, made in France
- Created by Rochard
A hopeful gift for new beginnings, and a beautiful remembrance for those we have lost. Many people open and close it again and again, simply to watch the wings move.
