Golden Banana Bunch Ornament XL glazed in a rose pink

glazed in a rose pink that owes nothing to convention

Dahlia Orange among them

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

The real tower was scheduled for demolition in 1909 and was saved by a radio antenna

and the clock faces

Golden Banana Bunch Ornament XL glazed in a rose pinkThe 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