Golden Banana Bunch Ornament XL A 21st anniversary gift sits

A 21st anniversary gift sits in an odd stretch of the calendar

As a vintage glass flower vase the reference is pressed domestic glass of the mid-century

but the green that comes from inside the object rather than landing on it from outside

glazed in a rose pink that owes nothing to convention

Dahlia Orange among them

Golden Banana Bunch Ornament XL A 21st anniversary gift sitsThe Golden Banana Bunch Ornament is a cluster of four bananas blown from clear glass and finished edge to edge in metallic gold. That gold goes down last, over a surface textured while the form was hot, so light breaks across the ridges rather than sliding straight off them. The stem end is drawn to a point, its hardware seated into the glass rather than sitting on top, and the whole bunch is light enough to trust to an outer branch where it will