{"product_id":"apple-ornament","title":"Apple Ornament","description":"\u003cp\u003eA teacher christmas ornament almost has to be an apple, and this one accepts the assignment with a straight face: a full, round apple in hand-blown glass, stem cocked, one leaf attached, polished to the exact red of the specimen left on a desk by a student with an agenda. The color is layered from a pale shoulder down to a saturated base, the leaf is veined in a single steady stroke, and the cap sits beside the stem so the fruit hangs upright, presentable, gradeable. My brother Rupert has taught fourth grade for eleven years, receives an apple in some form every June and every December, and maintains a strict public policy of acting surprised. Somewhere in the ROM's botany drawers sits a type specimen — the one pressed example that defines its entire species, the reference all others are checked against. Every classroom desk runs the same system, and this is the glass edition of the reference fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chive Ceramics Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47665944723593,"sku":"ORN372","price":22.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0375\/5687\/9497\/files\/ornament-slicedapple-red-1.webp?v=1784919632","url":"https:\/\/chive.com\/products\/apple-ornament","provider":"Chive Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}