Atlas & Arden faceted crystal bowl on a silver pedestal base. Italian crystal, mid-to-late 20th century.

Faceted Crystal Bowl on Silverplate Base, Italy, Mid-Twentieth Century

$145.00
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Atlas & Arden faceted crystal bowl on a silver pedestal base. Italian crystal, mid-to-late 20th century.
  • Atlas & Arden faceted crystal bowl on a silver pedestal base. Italian crystal, mid-to-late 20th century.
  • Atlas & Arden faceted crystal bowl with a silver base, 8" diameter x 5" H, Italian mid-to-late 20th century.
  • Atlas & Arden faceted crystal bowl with a silver base, 8" diameter x 5" H, Italian mid-to-late 20th century.
  • Atlas & Arden faceted crystal bowl with a silver base, 8" diameter, Italian mid-to-late 20th century.
  • Atlas & Arden faceted crystal bowl with a silver base. Clear glass with 12 sides, sits on a pedestal base.
Faceted Crystal Bowl on Silverplate Base, Italy, Mid-Twentieth Century

Faceted Crystal Bowl on Silverplate Base, Italy, Mid-Twentieth Century

$145.00

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Story

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

Sourcing Note

I found this bowl at a Connecticut estate sale, sitting on a table filled with citrus. The yellow lemons were the perfect complement to its clear, faceted form and silverplate base — it looked so chic that the styling felt almost accidental and entirely right.

I love the shape of this bowl. I can see it filled with fruit again, but it would be equally elegant left empty on a lacquered surface — a grand piano, perhaps — or centered on a foyer table, where the facets can catch the light. It has enough presence to hold a room without asking for attention.

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