Description
Six-thirty in the morning, and the site is already loud with the beep of reversing trucks and the whine of a saw. Mireille, the only woman foreman for fifty kilometers, pulls on her scuffed hard hat and walks the frame of the new library with a clipboard. A crane swings a steel beam overhead. By sundown, the skeleton of the building stands against an orange sky, and she allows herself one small, satisfied smile.
This porcelain hat honors that hard-won pride. A classic safety helmet sits among miniature tools, all painted in bright, workmanlike colors. It looks great on a desk in a construction office, a garage shelf or a home workshop. Give it to a contractor, an engineer, an electrician, a carpenter or a young graduate setting off into a skilled trade, and it will be a source of pride on the shelf for years.
Inside and out
- A hard hat shown with an assortment of miniature tools
- Painted in bright, bold colors
- Approximately 2.5 inches long, with a depth and height of 1.75 inches
- Opens for a lucky nail or a small memento from a first job
- Fine porcelain from Limoges, finished by hand in France
- By Rochard
It makes a thoughtful retirement gift after decades of building, or a proud congratulations when someone earns a license or opens their own business.
