La Rochere Bee Goblets - 270ml Set - French Glassware

Since 1475, the glassworks of La Rochere has been located in an Haute-Saone Village, where both machined and mouth-blown glass are produced.  The Bee is the iconic motif of the French empire.  At this consercration, Napoleon wore a coat embroidered with bees, symbolizing industrious zeal and hard work. In 457, at the time of the Merovingian dynasty, Childeric, the father of Clovis, was buried with 300 bees of gold.  Bees were then the symbol of immortality and resurrection.