Mermaid Porcelain Limoges Box by Rochard

A mermaid surfaces from the old sea stories, bringing the mystery of the deep to a porcelain box. Rochard made this Limoges box and hand-painted it in Limoges, France.

Songs From Beneath the Waves

Sailors told tales of mermaids for centuries, from the sirens of Greek myth to Hans Christian Andersen's little mermaid. The figure has always stood for the pull of the sea, half wonder and half longing for faraway shores.

Treasures of the Tide Pool

• A Rochard fairy tale and ocean design from Limoges
• Joins seashell, starfish and lighthouse boxes
• Fits a mermaid, beach house or nautical collection

Where the Sea Meets the Shelf

She looks right at home in a beach cottage, on a bathroom shelf with a sea glass jar, or in a curio cabinet beside shells gathered on summer walks. Offer her to a swimmer, a sailor, a friend who just bought a place on the coast, or anyone who reads fairy tales for pleasure.

A mermaid also makes a lovely birthday surprise for a summer beach lover, and a fitting thank you for the host of a seaside weekend. Paired with a lighthouse or a sailboat box, she sets a whole shoreline scene on the shelf.