Description: Statue of Liberty. Mini boxes for tiny treasures.
Interior Carving: 12M+ (number of immigrants passing through Ellis Island)
Measurement:  2in h
Manufacturer: Harmony Ball
Material: Crushed Marble, with look and feel of antique ivory

The Statue of Liberty is a majestic copper sculpture, over 150 feet tall and weighing 225 tons, that towers above Liberty Island at the entrance to New York Harbor. It has become a symbol of the United States and an expression of freedom throughout the world. The statue shows Liberty as a goddess, draped in a graceful robe. In her uplifted right hand, she holds a glowing torch. She wears a crown with seven spikes that stand for the light of liberty shining on the seven seas and seven continents. With her left arm, she cradles a tablet bearing the date of the Declaration of Independence in Roman numerals. A chain that represents tyranny lies broken at her feet. Originally known as Liberty Enlightening the World, the statue was proposed by French historian Édouard Laboulaye in 1865 to commemorate the alliance of France with the American colonies during the American Revolution and, according to scholars, was also intended as an antimonarchy and antislavery symbol. French citizens donated the funds to build the statue, and people in the U.S. paid to construct the foundation and the pedestal. The French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi designed the statue and chose its site. Gustave Eiffel, the French engineer who later built the Eiffel Tower, designed its structural framework. The French ship Isere carried the statue across the Atlantic, arriving in New York in 1885, and it was officially dedicated on October 28, 1886. Bartholdi, aware of his statue's commercial potential, copyrighted its image. But even by 1886, he found himself powerless to enforce his rights. The statue's likeness came to be used in countless advertisements, campaigns, and trademarks. During World War I, it became a powerful symbol of the U.S., when it appeared on posters for war bonds sold by the U.S. Treasury. Sales of these bonds, called Liberty Bonds, raised about $15 billion and helped pay for the cost of the war. From the 1890's to the 1920's, many millions of immigrants passed the Statue of Liberty as they entered the U.S. at Ellis Island. In 1903, a plaque with Emma Lazarus's poem, “The New Colossus,” was placed on an interior wall of the pedestal of the statue. But it was not until a second wave of immigrants arrived after World War II that the statue became linked with the poem's image of the “Mother of Exiles.” In 1924, the Statue of Liberty became a national monument. The National Park Service took over responsibility for maintaining it in 1933. The statue was extensively refurbished prior to its centennial celebration in 1986. In 2007, the Statue of Liberty was one of 20 finalists in a competition to name the New Seven Wonders of the World.