Monday’s San Francisco Chronicle had a full page ad for Bloomingdale’s promoting their “Fun & Festive” gifts for $100 or under.
So I perused it and noticed what looked like a broken vase in the lower left corner. ???
Was that a joke? Did someone muck up the photoshoot?
So I jumped online and checked out Bloomingdales.com. Noting that it was a “Rosenthal,” I searched and found it:
http://www1.bloomingdales.com/shop/product/rosenthal-vase-of-phases-matte-mini-vase?ID=638895
Yes, it really is a vase that appears smashed for $35.
It’s formal name is “Rosenthal Vase of Phases Matte Mini Vase.”
It IS indeed mini — just 4-inches tall.
For your $35, you get a collector’s box along with the “broken” vase.
And apparently the Rosenthal name is world-famous. Rosenthal AG is an independent company within the Waterford Wedgwood Holding, the largest maker of products for the well-laid table
About Rosenthal
> Rosenthal AG, Germany
> The brand name Rosenthal today stands for international lifestyle.
> Rosenthal has been an extraordinary faceted company now over 125 years. With its fascinating brands it is seen as one of the world’s leading producers of up-to-date, innovative design for the well-laid table, for furniture and for giftware available in 97 countries around the globe.
The Rosenthal Fast Mini Vase got some notice from Real Simple and Gizmodo.
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