Vase 2 2

Numbered designs like this come out of iteration rather than inspiration. A maker draws a vessel, then draws it again, adjusting the flare of the shoulder or the run of the profile until one attempt is worth keeping. The double numbering marks this as a variant within a variant, the second pass at a second idea. What comes out the far end is a plain decorative vase, and plain is the point. A vessel carrying no strong theme sits on a windowsill, a mantelpiece or a desk without arguing with whatever is already there, and it is the sort of thing that suits dried stems, grasses or a single cut flower. It makes sense for anyone selling at markets, where an unfussy vase tends to move faster than a novelty one, and it is an easy first piece for a shelf that needs filling.