{"id":64,"date":"2026-05-20T18:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cliffsnow.vagabond.andreidraganescu.info\/?clouet_objet=opaline-glass-vase-1960s"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:08:33","slug":"opaline-glass-vase-1960s","status":"publish","type":"clouet_objet","link":"https:\/\/cliffsnow.vagabond.andreidraganescu.info\/?clouet_objet=opaline-glass-vase-1960s","title":{"rendered":"1960s Opaline Glass Vase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A quietly perfect piece of mid-century French glass \u2014 the kind of object that doesn&#8217;t announce itself but changes the temperature of a shelf the moment you set it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vase surfaced at a farmhouse clearance two kilometres outside Bonnieux, on one of those mornings where the mist hasn&#8217;t quite burned off the valley and everything smells like wet stone and rosemary. It was sitting on a kitchen windowsill between a stack of Proven\u00e7al boutis quilts and a cardboard box of mismatched Christofle cutlery. The family had been using it as a water carafe \u2014 there&#8217;s something moving about an object whose beauty was incidental to its owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">About the glass<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opaline glass was produced across France and Italy from the mid-nineteenth century onward, but the softer, less saturated tones \u2014 this pale celadon among them \u2014 tend to date from the late 1950s and 1960s, when Murano and small French ateliers were simplifying their palettes. This piece has no maker&#8217;s mark, which is typical of the period. The celadon tint only reveals itself in direct afternoon light; indoors under a bulb, it reads as a warm, dense white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The colour changes with the hour. Morning it&#8217;s milk. By four o&#8217;clock it&#8217;s the palest jade.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The form is classical \u2014 a gentle flare at the lip, a stable base with enough weight to anchor a handful of garden stems without tipping. No chips, no internal haze, no repairs. It has that particular density of well-made opaline: pick it up and it&#8217;s heavier than you expect, which is always a good sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cliffsnow.vagabond.andreidraganescu.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/opaline-glass-vase-detail-1.jpg\" alt=\"AI_IMAGE: Close-up detail of the base of an opaline glass vase on a worn oak table, showing the translucent celadon tint where light passes through the thick glass wall, a few dried lavender stems resting beside it, soft focus background of a sunlit Proven\u00e7al interior | photorealistic warm editorial | 4:5\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The celadon reveals itself at the base where the glass thickens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Best with a single branch of something sculptural \u2014 olive, quince, dried grasses \u2014 or left empty as a form in its own right. It&#8217;s the kind of piece that earns its place on a mantel and stays there for thirty years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quietly perfect piece of mid-century French glass \u2014 the kind of object that doesn&#8217;t announce itself but changes the temperature of a shelf the moment you set it down. The vase surfaced at a farmhouse clearance two kilometres outside Bonnieux, on one of those mornings where the mist hasn&#8217;t quite burned off the valley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":68,"template":"","meta":{"price_eur":120,"dimensions":"22 cm H \u00d7 12 cm dia.","condition":"Excellent \u2014 no chips, no repairs","story":"Found at a farmhouse clearance outside Bonnieux, tucked between a stack of Proven\u00e7al quilts and a box of mismatched cutlery. The family had used it as a water carafe for decades. 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