2024-07-312024-07-312014-04-12https://hdl.handle.net/10929/139023At the crossing of the hallways is a room containing a glass case with a porcelain sculpture entitled The Glory of New Jersey. It was created in 1995 by the Boehm Porcelain Studio of Trenton It shows a northern oak (the state tree) on which are perched 21 male and female American goldfinches (the state bird), one for each county in New Jersey. Violas (the state flower) grow around the base of the tree, and 13 honeybees (the state insect), representing the 13 original colonies. A single ladybug represents the state's first female governor: Christine Todd Whitman, who served from 1994 to 2001. The sculpture was commissioned by The Friends of the State House and measures three feet in height, weighing 75 pounds. Twelve skilled artisans used 129 separate molds to painstakingly create 326 individual parts.Original file name The Boehm Porcelain of the New Jersey State Symbols 01-05 (1).jpeg1371 x 1500Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.