'Regiment' Decanter, Sidse Werner, Holmegaard, Denmark. 1972. Spring Sale! Height: 20cm / Max

Height: 20cm / Max

Judith Swannell

Whether above your mantle

Delicate and similarly precise brushwork to the surface contrasts a desaturated light blue base glaze

but functioning to impede the speed at which any liquid is poured out

'Regiment' Decanter, Sidse Werner, Holmegaard, Denmark. 1972. Spring Sale! Height: 20cm / MaxA remarkably versatile designer, Sidse Werner was both an architect and industrial designer, eventually setting up her own studio in 1970. Although best known for her designs for the Danish furniture giant Fritz Hansen, she also provided glassware concepts for Holmegaard. This included the 'Regiment' series, from which this exquisite crystal glass decanter was born. The heavy handblown form could so easily be clunky and cumbersome, yet the