This Beautiful Golden Angel Ornament is 5 inches tall and has a gold cord hanging loop. The Angel is wearing a burnt umber skirt adorned with tiny silver beads, gold flur de lis designs, tiny gold dots and gold flowers with tiny clear and amber rhinestones. Her golden blouse had pale golden brown highlights and is adorned with a silver collar with a round clear rhinestone. Her wings are a shiny dark goldenrod that picks up the shadows cast by her long burnt umber hair. Her wings are decorated with a leaf design highlighted with silver clear and amber rhinestones. Her scarf is golden brown with a highlighted in places with a clear lacquer like finish and flecks of gold lame, giving the scarf a richer color and the effects of antiquing and a gold bow. The Golden Angel is playing a brass colored Violin with gold lame antiquing. The Angels face and hands are dark old gold. Select this link to view our Angel Ornaments
Frankincense
The gift of the wise man Gaspar to the baby Jesus, it is a symbol of Christ’s divinity and worship. Also known as olibanum, Frankincense is a fragrant resin that comes from the sap of the boswellia trees, which are found in Ethiopia, India, Somalia and Arabia and has long been used as incense in religious services. Select this link to view our Christmas Tree Angel Toppers.
There are a number ideas about the symbolism of the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. One suggests the gold represented a gift fit for a king. Frankincense was given as a symbol of Jesus becoming the high priest. Myrrh was used in making medicines and would symbolize Jesus becoming a great physician and healer. Another opinion is that these gifts were a kind of symbolic foreshadowing of what the life of this baby would be. Gold, given in recognition of Jesus being a king and the Frankincense and myrrh were used to prepare a corpse for burial. Thus these two gifts would foreshadow the dark end Jesus would meet on the cross. Select this link to view our Unique Angel Gifts
MyrrhAnciently Myrrh was used as a medicine, in the embalming process. It was burned to fumigate sick rooms and for use as incense. The oil was used in perfumes and lotions and was one of the ingredients in the anointing oils in ancient temple services. Arabia supplied the Mediterranean and Asia with Myrrh and Frankincense which became so highly valued and difficult to obtain that it was a luxury which could only be afforded by the very wealthy. Select this link to view our Angel Figurines.
The Christmas Star
The star symbolizes the star that appeared, quite miraculously, in the eastern sky at the birth of Jesus. The star is believed to have guided shepherds and the magi to the newborn babe.
The Christmas star or star of Bethlehem continues to decorate churches and houses as part of traditional Christmas celebrations. Select this link to view our Fiber Optic Angel Tree Topper.