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Glass Vases

Decal Glass Modern Flower Vase

$22.00
Sizes
Hand Blown Glass
Dishwasher safe cleaning
30-day return policy

Pickup available at A.N. Deringer c/o Chive Inc

Usually ready in 24 hours

Build the Arrangement That Looks Harder Than It Was

Pick a vase to anchor the shelf, then add the rest until it reads as curated instead of collected.

A decal vase is a short-term resident of this catalogue and we would rather admit that up front. The Decal is a printed glass vase built on a small clear form we already produce, then given a surface treatment we tried because somebody was curious, not because a buyer requested it. It behaves like a house guest: agreeable, temporary, gone before the room adjusts to having it. As a patterned glass vase it works hardest in company, since one alone reads as a sample and three together read as a decision. Meanwhile the print sits within the surface rather than on top of it, so nothing lifts, snags or peels along the rim. Granted, selling you something we have already described as finite is a strange proposition. Every run carries a different treatment, so the one you buy this spring will not match the one your sister finds next autumn. People buy it anyway, and the ones who hesitate tend to write to us about it a year later, asking.

Product detail

Product Detail:

  • Material: Glass
  • Glaze finish: Translucent
  • Year Designed: 2020
Vase Care Instructions

All glass vases in this collection are dishwasher safe for easy cleaning, with one exception: mercury glass vases should be hand-washed only. The silvered mercury finish is a delicate coating rather than a solid color, and dishwasher heat and detergent can dull or strip it over time.

For standard glass vases, just load it in with the rest of the dishes — no special care needed. For mercury glass pieces, wash gently with warm water and mild soap, and dry with a soft cloth rather than letting it air dry with water spots.

Rinse and dry after each use, especially if flower food or cut-stem residue was in the water, so nothing lingers and clouds the glass.
Flowers that Love this Vase

Quick Guide to Building a Floral Arrangement

  1. Pick your vase first
  2. Start with your anchor flower.
  3. Build in odd numbers.
  4. Add height, then fill.
  5. Greenery does the quiet work.
  6. Cut stems at an angle, underwater if you can.
  7. Step back before you decide it's done.
Canada wide shipping & returns

Shipping 

  • Standard: 5–8 business days, Express 2–3 business days (at checkout)
  • Canada Wide Shipping: from coast to coast — rates at checkout
  • Packaging Ships: in outer box to protect gift box

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Returns

We accept returns within 30 days of delivery on unused hard good items in original packaging. If your piece arrives damaged, contact us within 7 days with a photo and we will replace it at no charge.

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Local pickup & delivery

Delivery: 

  • Delivered by hand across Toronto and the GTA. 
  • Next business day; same-day when you call the shop.
  • Local GTA delivery starts at $14
  • Call for a quote outside of the GTA

Pickup: Order online by 3pm and collect it the same day at:

702 Queen St. W.,
Toronto, ON M6J 1E7
437-777-5021

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What people are saying

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The Pattern We All Disliked — The Decal

The first pattern we put on these was, by unanimous internal agreement, a mistake. It was busy in a way that fought the flower, it photographed badly, and two people said out loud in a meeting that we should pull it before anybody outside the building saw it. We did not pull it, mostly because the run was already printed and we are not made of money. It sold out in nine days. Then people wrote in asking for more of it, and one woman sent a photograph of six lined up along a bathroom windowsill with a note saying they were the only thing in her flat she had chosen entirely for herself. So that is where we are, and it is not a comfortable place to stand. The internal taste of this studio, which we have spent twenty-two years refining and which we deploy with total confidence on every other product line, was comprehensively overruled by a pattern none of us liked. There is a lesson in that and I resent it slightly, in the way you resent being corrected by somebody who turns out to be right. We now print things we are unsure about on purpose. Occasionally somebody is vindicated. It is, on the current record, rarely me.

How to Cut Flowers Like a Pro:

A (Mostly) Simple Guide to Cutting Your Flowers

So, you’re making an arrangement? Let’s ensure it lives long enough to impress someone—even if it's just you.

  1. Scrub the Scissors: Wash your shears first. Your flowers do not want a side of Dorito dust.
  2. Cut at 45°: Snip stems at an angle. It gives them a straw instead of making them chug from the bottle.
  3. Trim Underwater (Fancy Mode): Cut them submerged to block air bubbles. It’s extra, but they didn’t ask to suffocate.
  4. Ditch Submerged Leaves: Strip anything below the waterline. Unless you are actively going for a swamp aesthetic.
  5. Snip Again if Stale: If they sat out on the counter, trim them again. They need a fresh start (don’t we all?).
  6. Swap the Water: Change it and trim the stems every few days so they don't die immediately.

Voilà! You are now a domestic deity. Go take your Instagram photo before you forget to water them.

Pro Tip: The light does half the work.

Glass catches and bends light in a way ceramic can't. Set the arrangement somewhere it'll get some late afternoon sun, even for an hour, and the water and stems start doing something a solid vase never will.

Perfect Pairs for Any Shelf

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Varying On Purpose, Versus Varying By Accident

The glass vases at Chive come out of the same studio habit that produced everything else here: design the object once, correctly, then resist every opportunity to complicate it. Each one holds stems. None of them hides anything. Where this one is finite, its neighbour is anything but. The Elixer Glass Boho Vase is made from recycled stock, so no two are alike either, but for a completely different reason: one varies by intent and the other varies because the material insists on it.

Printed In, Never Laid Over

Every Chive vase is built around one decision about how flowers should stand, then finished by hand until that decision reads as obvious. Here the decision was that a container can carry a pattern without the pattern taking over, which meant printing into the surface rather than laying an image across it. Everything else in the glass range answers a different question, and none of those answers involves decoration. A wall bracket. A tapered throat. A suspended form. A raised base that buys a flower an extra week. Put them together and the family resemblance is the restraint, not the look.

An Unpatterned Neighbour, On Purpose

A patterned container wants an unpatterned neighbour, which is what the Liberte Porcelain Pot provides. Plain white porcelain gives the eye somewhere to rest, so the print reads as a deliberate accent rather than visual noise on a busy shelf. Two patterned objects standing together simply cancel each other out.

The Pattern We All Disliked — The Decal

The first pattern we put on these was, by unanimous internal agreement, a mistake. It was busy in a way that fought the flower, it photographed badly, and two people said out loud in a meeting that we should pull it before anybody outside the building saw it. We did not pull it, mostly because the run was already printed and we are not made of money. It sold out in nine days. Then people wrote in asking for more of it, and one woman sent a photograph of six lined up along a bathroom windowsill with a note saying they were the only thing in her flat she had chosen entirely for herself. So that is where we are, and it is not a comfortable place to stand. The internal taste of this studio, which we have spent twenty-two years refining and which we deploy with total confidence on every other product line, was comprehensively overruled by a pattern none of us liked. There is a lesson in that and I resent it slightly, in the way you resent being corrected by somebody who turns out to be right. We now print things we are unsure about on purpose. Occasionally somebody is vindicated. It is, on the current record, rarely me.

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Frequently asked questions

What makes the Decal a genuinely useful vase at home?

Useful is the right test for it, because a printed container earns its place only if the print survives daily handling and the vessel underneath still does its job. This one measures 2.5 inches across and 8 inches tall, which suits a bathroom shelf, a desk or a narrow kitchen ledge. The pattern is fired in, not stuck on. It will outlast the flowers by years.

How many flower stems does the Decal vase comfortably display?

Three to five, depending entirely on stem thickness, and the narrow opening is doing the work rather than any frog or foam. Cosmos and dianthus pack in tightly at five. Iris or magnolia want the space to themselves and look better alone. Muscari in a tight bunch is the one arrangement that fills it completely. Overstuffing hides the print.

Will the Decal vase fit on a narrow shelf or ledge?

Comfortably, and that is the point of the proportions. A 2.5-inch base needs less depth than most picture frames, so a shallow bathroom ledge or a kitchen shelf with a lip will take it without anything overhanging. The 8-inch height is the only figure worth checking, since low shelving in older houses can be tight. Measure the gap above, not below.

Is the Decal vase's glass surface prone to marks or scratches?

Less prone than a coated piece would be. The pattern is fired beneath the outer face instead of being laid across it, so nothing stands proud for a fingernail or a tap to catch and lift. Ordinary handling, ordinary washing up and ordinary knocks will leave no mark at all. Grit is the one exception, and sand will dull any glass. Keep scouring powder away from it.

How do you clean the Decal vase without damaging the finish?

Hand wash with a soft cloth and whatever dish soap is already by the sink, then rinse and stand it upside down to dry. Avoid steel wool, avoid powdered cleansers, and avoid the overnight soak in something caustic that people believe will save them effort. That approach does not save anybody any effort. Ten seconds now is plenty.

How do you style the Decal vase on open shelving?

Set it where its neighbours are plain, because print against print reads as clutter to almost every eye. On a run of open shelving, one patterned piece per shelf is the ceiling, and it should sit slightly forward of whatever stands behind it. Give it a plain backdrop if the wall is busy. Wallpaper and pattern do not negotiate.

Is the Decal vase larger or smaller than the Elixer vase?

Neither, and that surprises people. Both stand 8 inches tall on a 2.5-inch footprint, so on a shelf they occupy identical space. What differs is everything else: this one is clear stock with a fired print, and the Elixer is recycled glass with visible variation in the wall. The dimensions are identical and nothing else about them is. Choose on surface.

What design tradition does the Decal vase draw from?

Transfer printing on glassware, which is an old commercial trade rather than a craft tradition, and we have never pretended otherwise. It was how patterns reached ordinary tableware for a century before anybody called it heritage. We use it because it is honest and because the result survives a dishwasher door being slammed. The tradition is industrial rather than artisanal. So is the technique.
Behind the Studio

The story behind the Chive astronaut vases

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