A pair of silver spoons by sculptor <n>Claude Lalanne</n>. Photo by <n>Christie's Images Ltd.</n>

The <n>Coquetier</n>, a hand-blown glass piece designed by <n>Ulysse Sauvage</n> in Paris.

Antique silver, chrome, and glass pieces from <n>Aesthete Label</n>'s <n>Collection VI ‘Reflets de coquille’</n>.

<n>Verreries du XVIIe</n> (17th-century glassware).

Still life by <n>Sunday Studio Photography</n>.

<n>Venetian glasswork</n> from the cover of the book <n>Glass</n> by <n>David Whitehouse</n>.

A close-up of <n>Mother-of-pearl</n>, the iridescent inner layer of a mollusk shell.