Nora's Hand-Sculpted Ocean Glasses

It came in the navy box and I stood in the driveway with it for a full minute before I went inside. This is the first coastal thing I have bought where the animal is genuinely part of the glass instead of stuck onto it. My husband uses it every night for seltzer now.

I ordered the turtle because of the story about the trap line. It sits on our kitchen windowsill and in the afternoon the light comes through the shell and puts a green shadow across the counter. Nobody mentioned that would happen. It is the best part of it.

Bought two for my parents’ forty-fifth anniversary. My mother called me crying, which she does not do. She said it was the first gift in years that felt like a person had made it rather than a company.

I collect art glass, so I will say it straight: at this price she is not getting what it is worth. The creature is applied, not molded, and you can feel the ridge where the hot glass went on. I bought the octopus, then went back a week later for the shark.

I am seventy-four and I have arthritis in my right hand, so I am picky about what I can hold safely. This one sits low and wide and the raised glass gives my fingers something to catch on. I have not come close to dropping it, which I cannot say for the wine glasses.

The jellyfish. That is all I am going to say about it. Put a light behind it and then come back and tell me I was wrong.

I keep mine on the boat. It is the only glass aboard that has never chipped, and the seahorse is the first thing anyone picks up and asks about. Bought three more for the crew.

It came in the navy box and I stood in the driveway with it for a full minute before I went inside. This is the first coastal thing I have bought where the animal is genuinely part of the glass instead of stuck onto it. My husband uses it every night for seltzer now.

I ordered the turtle because of the story about the trap line. It sits on our kitchen windowsill and in the afternoon the light comes through the shell and puts a green shadow across the counter. Nobody mentioned that would happen. It is the best part of it.

Bought two for my parents’ forty-fifth anniversary. My mother called me crying, which she does not do. She said it was the first gift in years that felt like a person had made it rather than a company.

I collect art glass, so I will say it straight: at this price she is not getting what it is worth. The creature is applied, not molded, and you can feel the ridge where the hot glass went on. I bought the octopus, then went back a week later for the shark.

I am seventy-four and I have arthritis in my right hand, so I am picky about what I can hold safely. This one sits low and wide and the raised glass gives my fingers something to catch on. I have not come close to dropping it, which I cannot say for the wine glasses.

The jellyfish. That is all I am going to say about it. Put a light behind it and then come back and tell me I was wrong.

I keep mine on the boat. It is the only glass aboard that has never chipped, and the seahorse is the first thing anyone picks up and asks about. Bought three more for the crew.

It came in the navy box and I stood in the driveway with it for a full minute before I went inside. This is the first coastal thing I have bought where the animal is genuinely part of the glass instead of stuck onto it. My husband uses it every night for seltzer now.

I ordered the turtle because of the story about the trap line. It sits on our kitchen windowsill and in the afternoon the light comes through the shell and puts a green shadow across the counter. Nobody mentioned that would happen. It is the best part of it.

Bought two for my parents’ forty-fifth anniversary. My mother called me crying, which she does not do. She said it was the first gift in years that felt like a person had made it rather than a company.

I collect art glass, so I will say it straight: at this price she is not getting what it is worth. The creature is applied, not molded, and you can feel the ridge where the hot glass went on. I bought the octopus, then went back a week later for the shark.

I am seventy-four and I have arthritis in my right hand, so I am picky about what I can hold safely. This one sits low and wide and the raised glass gives my fingers something to catch on. I have not come close to dropping it, which I cannot say for the wine glasses.

The jellyfish. That is all I am going to say about it. Put a light behind it and then come back and tell me I was wrong.

I keep mine on the boat. It is the only glass aboard that has never chipped, and the seahorse is the first thing anyone picks up and asks about. Bought three more for the crew.

It came in the navy box and I stood in the driveway with it for a full minute before I went inside. This is the first coastal thing I have bought where the animal is genuinely part of the glass instead of stuck onto it. My husband uses it every night for seltzer now.

I ordered the turtle because of the story about the trap line. It sits on our kitchen windowsill and in the afternoon the light comes through the shell and puts a green shadow across the counter. Nobody mentioned that would happen. It is the best part of it.

Bought two for my parents’ forty-fifth anniversary. My mother called me crying, which she does not do. She said it was the first gift in years that felt like a person had made it rather than a company.

I collect art glass, so I will say it straight: at this price she is not getting what it is worth. The creature is applied, not molded, and you can feel the ridge where the hot glass went on. I bought the octopus, then went back a week later for the shark.

I am seventy-four and I have arthritis in my right hand, so I am picky about what I can hold safely. This one sits low and wide and the raised glass gives my fingers something to catch on. I have not come close to dropping it, which I cannot say for the wine glasses.

The jellyfish. That is all I am going to say about it. Put a light behind it and then come back and tell me I was wrong.

I keep mine on the boat. It is the only glass aboard that has never chipped, and the seahorse is the first thing anyone picks up and asks about. Bought three more for the crew.