Vintage Glass Compotier - III

Outside Lyon there is a dealer we have known for years, and the loveliest things always come from the same place, his father’s collection, built up over a lifetime of looking. This footed stand came from that collection, a wide shallow bowl ringed with a row of looping glass thumbprints, raised on a diamond-cut stem and an octagonal paneled foot. It has the weight and the shine of old glass, curving the light and turning whatever it holds into something worth a second look. Sylvie piles it with apples or fruit, or a cake worth showing off.

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