Rochard Gold Eiffel Tower Limoges Box with Blue Stand

The Eiffel Tower rises in gold from a blue base, the most famous silhouette in Paris captured in hand-painted porcelain. Rochard made this Limoges box in Limoges, France, only a few hours south of the tower itself.

Gold Over the Seine

Gustave Eiffel's iron tower was built for the 1889 World's Fair and was meant to come down after twenty years. Instead it became the symbol of the city. Here the gold finish echoes the way the tower sparkles at night, and the blue base gives it a calm sky to stand against.

Souvenirs of Paris

• A Rochard piece, hand-painted in Limoges, France
• Groups with beret, croissant and French poodle subjects
• Fits a Paris, France or world landmark collection

From the Trocadero to Your Shelf

Give it to a couple who honeymooned in Paris, a student heading off for a semester abroad, a French teacher, or a friend who has always wanted to go. It also marks a proposal under the tower or a fiftieth birthday trip to France. Place it on a bookshelf with travel albums, a desk in a home office, or a vanity beside a bottle of French perfume.

Limoges porcelain is fired at very high heat, which makes the hard-paste body bright white and well suited to gold accents.