1998 Afra and Tobia Scarpa Mani Pure Silver Bowl

1998 Afra and Tobia Scarpa Mani Pure Silver BowlFrom the archive and never to be reproduced, the 1990 Mani bowl by San Lorenzo captures a singular moment in Italian design. Defined by a sculptural composition of four open hands forming its faceted, reflective vessel, each plane catches and fragments the light while resting on a rounded base. Developed through Ciro Cacchiones collaboration with Afra and Tobia Scarpa, the husband and wife duo renowned for their rigorous material sensibility, the bowl

Carved into a functional and elegant design

Neville Tatham’s slipware vessels are tactile treasures

In line with the Victorian era’s embrace of underwater themes and extravagant silverware is this fish from Shanghai in the early 20th century

Considered details complete the set

Material alchemist Henry Forwood has always loved natural materials

who cast striking cut-glass latticing and a pleasing weight as the two major characteristics

and agate combine to subtly evoke human desire

The purple-tinged shimofuri bark recalls the petals at bloom

but that isn’t the case for this large bowl by Lee Song-am – instead

This signature aesthetic

The Olimpia pattern in muted green comes in a set of six

the designer casts a plaster mould