Rochard Angel Playing a Lyre Limoges Box
An angel holds a lyre as if about to play the first note of a carol. This heavenly musician is a Rochard Limoges box, hand-painted on porcelain in Limoges, France.
Music from Above
The lyre is one of the oldest instruments, and angels with harps and lyres have filled paintings and Christmas cards for centuries. Rochard brings that image down to a size you can hold, with the angel forming the box and each detail painted by hand.
A Choir on the Mantel
- A Rochard angel, hand-painted in Limoges, France
- Fits angel, Christmas and music themed collections
- Pairs with Nativity pieces, piano boxes and other angels
Gifts Worth Singing About
Bring it out with the Christmas decorations, or let it stay on a piano or a bookshelf through the year. It makes a fitting present for a church choir member, a harpist, a music teacher at the end of term, or someone remembering a loved one who sang. A small angel also suits a sympathy note or a christening.
Collectors who keep a band of angels often look for a different instrument in each piece. The lyre version gives a group a soft, classical feel, and it sits well beside angels with trumpets or bells.