Ceramic Flower Lettuce Pearl 6

A gift for a bride from her bridesmaid should feel more considered than the standard spa set, and Ceramic Flower Lettuce Pearl 6 closes out an experiment that produced thirty color-and-size combinations of one vegetable shape. This pearl version is the final, most tasteful entry in that project, a happy ending nobody was chasing. It looks less like a lab result, more like something pulled from a jewelry box, a real achievement given everything this lettuce line survived. Artisans shape every lettuce by hand at Chive Ceramics Studio, the only reason no two pearl versions catch the light the same way. A single screw sets it in place, holding no water, no vase, no bouquet wilting before the toast finishes. Chive pieces occasionally turn up at the Museum of Arts and Design's gift shop in New York, Lettuce Pearl 6 shelved nearer the jewelry counters than the vegetable aisle it technically belongs to.