{"id":7102510989370,"title":"Moorcroft Bee-In-Time Clock - Numbered","handle":"moorcroft-bee-in-time-clock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoorcroft Bee-In-Time Clock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2023 - 30 Years of Rachel Bishop Senior Designer. A Hive of Design Collection \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSenior Designer: Rachel Bishop BA. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNumbered Edition \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShape: CL1 \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003eH 16 x W 9 x D 5cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;\" class=\"yiv0549211351msonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eA floriferous rose design on this clock chimes out joyfully in lemon-pink hues, as tight to open buds clamber around the clock face. A drone can be found, nestled into the side of the clock, between rose and hive. Interestingly, Ingeborg Beling, a German ethnologist from the early 20th century, discovered that bees have a endogenous clock as described in her 1929 paper \"Über das Zeitgedächtnis der Bienen\" (“On the Time Memory of Bees”). The experiment was pretty simple: the scientist left sugar water outside a beehive every day at 4 pm. After several attempts, the bees started to leave the hive at 4pm even when there was no sugar water around.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;\" class=\"yiv0549211351msonormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Hive of Design Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 30-years at the helm of Moorcroft design, Rachel Bishop has something to buzz-about. \u003ci\u003eHive of Design\u003c\/i\u003e, features five bee designs. In bygone times, the multitude of different bees hovering over flower-filled hay and clover meadows, must have been enchanting. With bee numbers at critical levels, Rachel has championed the plight of the humble bee in recent years. \u003ci\u003eHive of Design\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the senior designer’s achievements in the natural world, where meadow flowers with oxeye-daisies, cornflowers and poppies join garden florals in a fanfare of colour and form as bees allow the designs to hum with life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaulconbridge Antiques are Authorised Moorcroft Retailers and we only sell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \"FIRST QUALITY\" pieces\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e We Do Not Sell \"Graded or Seconds\" Moorcroft pieces!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2023-09-09T21:08:41+10:00","created_at":"2023-09-06T14:30:23+10:00","vendor":"Faulconbridge-Antiques \u0026 Giftware","type":"Pottery","tags":["Moorcroft","Moorcroft 2023 Catalogue and New Collections","Moorcroft Limited - Numbered Editions and Trials","New Arrivals"],"price":53776,"price_min":53776,"price_max":53776,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40037656330298,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":null,"requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Moorcroft Bee-In-Time Clock - Numbered","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":53776,"weight":1500,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.faulconbridgeantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/faulconbridgeantiques_MoorcroftBee-in-TimeClock-Numbered.jpg?v=1694257693"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.faulconbridgeantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/faulconbridgeantiques_MoorcroftBee-in-TimeClock-Numbered.jpg?v=1694257693","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21504117899322,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":800,"width":600,"src":"\/\/www.faulconbridgeantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/faulconbridgeantiques_MoorcroftBee-in-TimeClock-Numbered.jpg?v=1694257693"},"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":800,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.faulconbridgeantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/files\/faulconbridgeantiques_MoorcroftBee-in-TimeClock-Numbered.jpg?v=1694257693","width":600}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoorcroft Bee-In-Time Clock\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2023 - 30 Years of Rachel Bishop Senior Designer. A Hive of Design Collection \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSenior Designer: Rachel Bishop BA. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNumbered Edition \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShape: CL1 \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003eH 16 x W 9 x D 5cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;\" class=\"yiv0549211351msonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eA floriferous rose design on this clock chimes out joyfully in lemon-pink hues, as tight to open buds clamber around the clock face. A drone can be found, nestled into the side of the clock, between rose and hive. Interestingly, Ingeborg Beling, a German ethnologist from the early 20th century, discovered that bees have a endogenous clock as described in her 1929 paper \"Über das Zeitgedächtnis der Bienen\" (“On the Time Memory of Bees”). 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With bee numbers at critical levels, Rachel has championed the plight of the humble bee in recent years. \u003ci\u003eHive of Design\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the senior designer’s achievements in the natural world, where meadow flowers with oxeye-daisies, cornflowers and poppies join garden florals in a fanfare of colour and form as bees allow the designs to hum with life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFaulconbridge Antiques are Authorised Moorcroft Retailers and we only sell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \"FIRST QUALITY\" pieces\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e We Do Not Sell \"Graded or Seconds\" Moorcroft pieces!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e"}