Vintage Glass Compotier - IV

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 compote came from that collection, a deep bowl of pressed glass ringed with radiating leaves beneath a scalloped, beaded rim, raised on a stem and a starburst foot. It has the weight and the shine of old glass, curving the light and turning whatever sits beneath it into something worth a second look. Sylvie fills it with fruit, or lets it hold nothing at all and catch the light on its own.