Description
Early mist hangs over Battery Park as the ferry pulls away, and as the skyline fades behind, she slowly appears: tall, green and steady, torch raised against a pale sky. On the deck, a grandmother who first saw that statue as a little girl from the rail of an ocean liner grips her grandson’s hand. She does not say anything for a while. Then, quietly, she tells him the story of the voyage, the long queue at the immigration hall, and the moment she knew she was home.
This elegant Lady Liberty is a meaningful gift for New Yorkers, travellers returning from the city, new citizens, history teachers or families who cherish their immigrant roots. Give it for a naturalisation ceremony, a graduation, the Fourth of July or a birthday. Its tall, slender silhouette stands out beautifully on a bookshelf, a desk in a home office, or a mantel beside a framed family photograph from Ellis Island. Inside there is a spot for a tiny keepsake.
A closer look
- The Statue of Liberty standing on a white base
- Opens to hold small treasures
- Tall and slender at four and a half inches, on a base 1.5 inches square
- Crafted by Rochard
- Painted by hand, from the porcelain workshops of Limoges in France
A reminder of liberty, welcome and new beginnings, in miniature.
