Cone 1 Vase

A tapering cone is one of the oldest shapes in pottery, and this one keeps the geometry honest: a narrow foot opening out into a wide, clean-lipped mouth, the profile drawn as one continuous sweep rather than a stack of separate sections. Nothing about it is fussy; the interest is all in the silhouette and the way light travels down the taper. It belongs on a shelf, a windowsill or the middle of a table, and it reads as comfortably in a room full of pattern as in one kept deliberately plain. Dried stems, seed heads and grasses fan out naturally from a mouth this wide, and stood empty it still works as a sculptural object. For anyone starting a collection of printed decor, a plain cone is the sensible first shape to own — it suits every room in the house and stays out all year rather than getting boxed up with the seasonal things.