Faceted Crystal Bowl on Silver-plate Base, Italy

A heavy crystal bowl with wide paneled facets rising from a polished silver base. Twelve sides, each one catching light at a slightly different angle, so the bowl changes as you move around it. Thick-walled, substantial in the hand, and clear enough to see the city through.

The form is classical European — a footed crystal bowl meant for a sideboard, a dining table, or the center of a room where it can do its work quietly. The faceting is precise and confident, the kind of cutting that comes from a tradition rather than a trend. The silver base is restrained, a simple pedestal that lifts the glass just enough to give it presence without competing.

Italian crystal has a long lineage. From the Murano glasshouses to the workshops of Colle Val d'Elsa in Tuscany, Italy has been shaping glass with this kind of authority for centuries. This bowl sits in that tradition — unmarked but unmistakably made by someone who understood what they were doing.

A bowl for fruit, for keys, for nothing at all. The kind of object that fills a room by being empty.

Origin: Italian crystal on silver-plate base. Mid-to-late 20th century. Marked "Italy" on the underside.

Condition: Excellent vintage condition. Crystal is clear and bright with no chips, cracks, or cloudiness. Facets are crisp and undamaged. Silver base shows light patina consistent with age — can be polished or left as-is.

Dimensions: ~ 8" diameter × 5" H