Patience or Fortitude?

This empty Vintage Decanter is the Avon 1973 Classic Lion that held 8oz. of Full Deep Woods Fragrance After Shave Cologne

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Note: Only one item available. In the event of more than one customer purchase. Item will be awarded to the first time stamped customer purchase. Monies will be refunded in full the subsequent customers.

This Avon Perfume Decanter is a replication of the world renowned marble lions that stand proudly before the New York Public Library in Manhattan, New York.a

Patience and Fortitude outside the New York Public Library in Manhattan, New York

The majestic Lions were named Patience and Fortitude by Mayor Fiorello Laguardia in the 1930s for the qualities he felt New Yorkers would need to survive the Great Depression.

Patience and Fortitude were a creation of artist, Edward Clark Potter.

Edward Clark Potter, 1899: “Unveiling of the Equestrian Statue of Ulysses S. Grant Erected in Fairmount Park”

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