Rosewood tree ornaments with a Kransekake theme 3"
Rosewood is a rare tropical wood from the Southern Hemisphere. It is always dark, heavy and lustrous and most of these have lovely red highlights. I have salvaged these from old furniture and from a stash of Hugo Lutz’s father’s wood from the late 1800’s. No lie.
They each have a screw eye at the peak that allows it to be hung on a tree or can be freestanding. They are each based on the Norwegian idea of the Kransekake, the crown cake or more exactly, the bridal wreath cake. It’s usually a wedding cake, made of almond with rings of decreasing size stacked up to make a lovely tree. The “idea” behind the tree is that the rings mean forever and so does the evergreen shape, which in Northern Europe has always meant eternal life. Martin Luther took this image of the eternal tree and “spun it” to be our favorite Christmas accessory. I like that it has both the forever relationship and the Christmas symbolism. They each come with a card that explains their meaning.
Rosewood is a rare tropical wood from the Southern Hemisphere. It is always dark, heavy and lustrous and most of these have lovely red highlights. I have salvaged these from old furniture and from a stash of Hugo Lutz’s father’s wood from the late 1800’s. No lie.
They each have a screw eye at the peak that allows it to be hung on a tree or can be freestanding. They are each based on the Norwegian idea of the Kransekake, the crown cake or more exactly, the bridal wreath cake. It’s usually a wedding cake, made of almond with rings of decreasing size stacked up to make a lovely tree. The “idea” behind the tree is that the rings mean forever and so does the evergreen shape, which in Northern Europe has always meant eternal life. Martin Luther took this image of the eternal tree and “spun it” to be our favorite Christmas accessory. I like that it has both the forever relationship and the Christmas symbolism. They each come with a card that explains their meaning.
Rosewood is a rare tropical wood from the Southern Hemisphere. It is always dark, heavy and lustrous and most of these have lovely red highlights. I have salvaged these from old furniture and from a stash of Hugo Lutz’s father’s wood from the late 1800’s. No lie.
They each have a screw eye at the peak that allows it to be hung on a tree or can be freestanding. They are each based on the Norwegian idea of the Kransekake, the crown cake or more exactly, the bridal wreath cake. It’s usually a wedding cake, made of almond with rings of decreasing size stacked up to make a lovely tree. The “idea” behind the tree is that the rings mean forever and so does the evergreen shape, which in Northern Europe has always meant eternal life. Martin Luther took this image of the eternal tree and “spun it” to be our favorite Christmas accessory. I like that it has both the forever relationship and the Christmas symbolism. They each come with a card that explains their meaning.