Blue White Medium Hawthorn

A 58th anniversary gift that started an actual argument in the studio is probably worth a second look, and this Blue White Hawthorn is exactly that piece — it emerged from the kiln looking like something, and deciding what to call it took longer than firing it did. Someone said hawthorn. Someone else agreed, the way people agree when the argument has stopped being worth continuing. The glaze itself was never up for debate. Set out as beach-inspired decor, it keeps its finish without ever needing a refill can or a watering schedule, regardless of what anyone eventually named it. Something meant for a flight attendant should be just as unbothered by disagreement and just as built for the long haul. Artisans shape every Chive piece by hand, a tradition running back to 2004. Chicago Botanic Garden's own shop has carried this maker's ceramics in the past. The flower won the argument. The glaze was never in it.