Dentilated Pomegranate Vase (Large) | Anastasio Home x Janie Kruse Garnett

A pomegranate keeps its calyx — the hard, lobed crown left behind by the flower — long after the fruit ripens, and the vase keeps it too: a full, round body rising to a short, notched neck. Those notches are dentils, the small tooth-like blocks that run beneath a classical cornice; the name comes from the Latin for tooth, and it gives the piece its name.

It is carved in Cherry Gold, a marble quarried in the Chittorgarh region of Rajasthan, where iron oxide gives the stone its oxblood ground and cream-and-gold veining breaks across it, so no two vases repeat. The fruit has carried this work before: introduced to Italy through trade with the Ottoman Empire, the pomegranate motif dominated Renaissance silks and velvets for over a century as a sign of abundance. The weight is the design — it sits low and keeps the vessel planted, so tall and top-heavy stems stay exactly where they are set.

Janie's note: This one is for my father, who taught me that "dentilated" means teeth — which I have always found chic. I pictured it in a study or a library. The pomegranate is a motif I come back to again and again; it has carried meanings of hospitality and abundance for centuries. — Janie Kruse Garnett

Dimensions: 8" Diameter x 8.25" H

Janie Kruse Garnett designs jewelry on the logic of classical architecture — trained in art history, with Palladio, Inigo Jones, and the golden ratio among her working references. This collaboration carries that bench-scale precision into stone. Each vessel is drawn from a classical source — a newel-post finial, a mustard pot, a Victorian rose bowl — and engineered to hold flowers in practice: rounded lips where a stem might otherwise snap, wide bases that resist tipping, and enough marble weight to steady a tall, top-heavy bouquet. Every piece is carved in Indian marble by the artisans of our Rajasthan atelier in a limited production run.