Vintage Glass Compotier - I

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 cake stand came from that collection, a wide plate with a scalloped rim pressed in a band of lace and fans, raised on a paneled stem and a star-cut 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 piles it with lemons or fruit, or a cake worth showing off.