Vanessa Bonilla says this statue containing her child's ashes was stolen from the yard of her home. (Vanessa Bonilla/Facebook)

A crestfallen Hamilton mother is asking for help after a statue carrying her son's ashes was taken from the front yard of her home this week.

Vanessa Bonilla posted about the statue, which went missing from her family's home on Rosslyn Avenue North, on Facebook on Thursday.

"To the person who stole our angel out of our garden on Rosslyn Ave North know that angel has sentimental value it has our child's ashes in it," she wrote.

"I am heartbroken — 7 years it sat in our garden and today it's gone."

Bonilla says security camera footage captured the statue being taken. (Vanessa Bonilla/Facebook)

Bonilla says the angel statue is about a metre tall. She wrote that anyone can return the statue with no questions asked and no police involvement.

"To the person who took our angel. I have No ill will towards you. I understand you made a mistake. To you this was just a beautiful statue. To us it's apart of our family," she wrote.

"Please I beg you please return it or leave it in a safe place, where someone can recognize it and return it to us. You have no idea how much we are hurting."