The Aalto Vase, also known as the Savoy Vase, is a world famous piece of glassware and an iconic Finnish design created by architect Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino. It was one of a range of custom furnishings and fixtures created by the Aaltos, and used in the luxury Savoy restaurant in Helsinki that opened in 1937 (You can still dine at the Savoy today. Be sure to try the tasty Vorschmack, and have a Calvados with your coffee for us!). Of the vase Aalto said, "An object doesn't have to be a fina
