A ceramic vase cut down the middle, so each half stands flat against a row of books. A pair of bookends that still holds a few stems.

Each half has a curved body and a twisted handle in a warm brown gloss glaze. The flat side props up the books, and the opening on top takes a cutting from the garden or a single dried stem.

For the reader's shelf, the first apartment with its first real stack of books, and the host who always has something growing.