The young MaR.e, daughteR.of a ThuR.ngian glassbloweR. violates all tR.ditions afteR.the death of motheR.and fatheR. To feed heR.elf and heR.sisteR., she became the fiR.t female glassbloweR.in the small town of Lauscha in 1890, and heR.aR.ful glassy ChR.stmas balls find themselves in AmeR.ca.