Two hundred and ninety-five ounces is a serious amount of water, and at that scale a vase stops being a tabletop object and starts behaving like furniture. The Reef Large White Tall Handled Vase takes branches, armfuls of long stems and arrangements that need a week's worth of water, with handles on either side so it can actually be carried once full. Italian artisans hand paint the coral designs across the body onto Terra Bianca, the earthenware clay the Reef collection is built on, which keeps the painting crisp over a surface this generous. A piece this size earns its keep by being filled all season rather than once a year. Stand it in an entryway, at the end of a hall, or beside a fireplace in the room everybody drifts into and nobody leaves.
