1920s Jean Gerbino Ceramic Vase (8in/20cm)

1920s Jean Gerbino Ceramic Vase (8in/20cm)French ceramicist Jean Gerbino was born into a Sicilian family of potters, and started learning the craft at just 10 years old. When he was old enough, he left for Vallauris where he was hired under Pierre Clment Massier. Gerbino was heavily influenced by neriage a Japanese technique where colored clay is stacked and sliced to reveal a pattern that can be used as an applied decoration. He devoted 15 years of his life to developing his own unique

The core theme is continuity

From 1980s Murano is this Venini glass bowl

is the bowl – inspired by 17th-century Nuremberg glass chalices

down-to-earth slipware – just like this lidded jar

you can feel the love and care that’s gone into it

orange flower

perfecting Høvel pencil sharpener and Blackwing x Makers Cabinet Pencils and Høvel's walnut base

it’s firmly on display

In the latter half of the 1900s

chrysoprase—a rare variety of chalcedony with a minty

with contrasting teal-blue binding edges

items such as this luminous lilac ashtray could effortlessly become a conversation piece