Bee Skep Old World Christmas Glass Ornament

A Bee Skep is a coiled straw hive that was used before todays modern hives. Bees are very industrious, and they must work together to produce the honey to insure the hives survival. This glass ornament symbolizes the diligence and teamwork that are often necessary to achieve life's great rewards.

Hand crafted in age-old tradition with techniques that originated in the 1800s
Molten glass is mouth-blown into finely carved molds
Ornaments are all hand-painted and glittered in a series of labor-intensive steps to achieve the beautiful creations
Traditionally designed, hand-crafted ornaments

This is a brand new ornament from the Old World Christmas collection. All ornaments in the collection include a "story tag" on the hook.

OWC 99