A handbuilt cylindrical vase in sunshine yellow with a crown of white oval petals at the rim — the kind of object that makes you smile before you've even put anything in it. At 11¼ inches tall, the Crown Vase sits between statement piece and everyday companion, equally happy on a dining table, a mantle, or a windowsill where the light can do something interesting with that glaze.
And the glaze does a lot. Layered yellow over a textured surface impressed with grids and dots, with flashes of orange and pink burning through where the color pooled and moved in the kiln. Every piece comes out differently. This one looks like it caught a little sun and kept it.
The wide open mouth was made for abundance — mimosa branches, sunflowers, ranunculus, anything that wants to spill outward. The pedestal base gives it just enough height to feel deliberate.
Handbuilt by Mariette Groen of Catto Studio. The marks of making are part of it.
WHY IT'S SPECIAL
- Handbuilt by ceramicist Mariette Groen of Catto Studio: each piece is made by hand in small batches — no two are identical.
- Crown rim detail: hand-applied white oval petals that give the vase its character and its name.
- Layered glaze with kiln variation: yellow, orange, and pink shift across the textured surface — the fire decides the final result.
- Wide open mouth: generous enough for full, abundant arrangements — mimosa, sunflowers, wildflowers, whatever needs room.
- Pedestal base: elevates the form and the flowers in equal measure.
DETAILS
- Handbuilt ceramic vase
- Height: 11¼"
- Diameter: 6"
- Finish: layered yellow glaze with impressed texture and hand-applied petal rim
- Each piece is unique — variations in glaze and surface are part of the work
- By Catto Studio, founded by Mariette Groen
- Small-batch production
THE BRAND
Catto Studio is the ceramic practice of Mariette Groen — handbuilt objects that sit between utility and storytelling. Inspired by natural forms, seasonal rhythms, and the slow logic of making things by hand, each piece is meant to be lived with quietly. Not decorative in the obvious sense. More like something that belongs wherever you put it, and you can't quite imagine the room without it anymore.
