Vintage Glass Compotier - V

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 shallow bowl of pressed glass cut in a window-pane grid, raised on a short stem and a round 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 floats a few blooms in water, and sets it where the light can find it.