The Marriage of Honey Jar + Smash Glass: Why a Shard Honey Jar Makes a Perfect Wedding Gift
Here at BGOLD Glass, we have a bit of a love affair with honey. At the time the studio was launched in 2017, Bryan worked for Highland Honey, creaming and jarring honey by the vat, and possibly eating it by the handful. As it happens, honey has the same consistency as molten glass, and he found it fascinating to be working with these two mediums that are so different and yet have a surprisingly similar feel. The property that houses the current studio is also home to a beekeeping cooperative, and that proximity keeps the studio-honey connection alive.
What Makes the BGOLD Honey Jar Different
It is perhaps not coincidental that the longest-standing BGOLD Glass design is the honey jar. Bryan knows honey, so he knows how to create a great vessel for it. Its flowing lip allows for a spoon to rest, and for pourability with a more liquid honey. The size holds a generous amount of honey, yet still feels compact. The jars come with a perfectly-sized natural rubber cork; an older design used actual cork, but the material broke down over time with prolonged contact with honey. All of the jars are stamped with a Hebrew letter "Shin" (ש) for Shabbat, Shaddai, and Shalom. This is a letter that appears often in Jewish visual culture, such as on the mezuzah.
Why a Honey Jar Is a Meaningful Jewish Wedding Gift
A beautiful honey jar is a good gift choice because honey is a symbolic food in Jewish tradition, used to express a desire for extra sweetness. Every year from Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) through the end of Sukkot, Jewish families gather for festive meals and eat apples dipped in honey as a blessing for a sweet new year. It is also traditional to drizzle the challah with honey instead of dusting it with salt during that time of year, for the same reason. A honey jar adorns the holiday table year after year, and becomes a treasured part of the family Judaica collection.
In addition to using honey at the fall holiday table, there is also a tradition for newlywed couples to put honey on their Shabbat challah for the entire first year of marriage. The honey is meant as a blessing of sweetness to the relationship and the household, and perhaps also to soften any challenges that crop up during the adjustment to marriage.
From Chuppah to Table: the Smash Glass Honey Jar
If a smash glass kit is a great wedding gift, and a honey jar is also a great wedding gift, then the combination of the two must be a doubly great gift – and it is! With the signature BGOLD wedding smash glass package, the shards are turned into a honey jar. No extra decisions for the couple to make – they just send in the shards and get back a fantastic piece of functional Judaica that is chock-full of meaning, intention, and beauty. Every time they look at their honey jar they are reminded of the sweet things about their relationship and each other that led them under the chuppah in the first place.
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