Test Tube Vase Tueftlerbox 2

Laboratory glassware has been a decorating cliché for years and it still works: the slim, straight-walled tube reads as clean and faintly clinical set against wood or plaster. This printed stand is built around that idea — a decorative holder with narrow upright wells, the second design in a small series from a maker whose name translates roughly as the tinkerer. The appeal is restraint. There is barely any ornament to it, so it settles into a kitchen, a study or a hallway shelf without competing with whatever else is up there. Dried grasses, bunny tails, wheat stems and lavender all suit the format, and leaving the wells bare turns the whole thing into a bit of desk sculpture instead. One for makers with a Scandinavian-leaning eye, and an easy repeat print when a matching pair looks better than a single object standing alone.