The Viking came off a bridal registry sometime in the fifties — a Canadian silverplate tray from Lipman-Levinter of Toronto, their crown-and-shield hallmark still stamped on her back. Scalloped oval, shell-cast rim, and a basin of chased floral scrollwork with a secret: all that engraving was engineered to hide the scratches of daily use, so sixty years of perfume bottles and keys sliding across her have left her looking exactly as intended.
Vanity, bar cart, or the bowl by the door that catches everything — she was literally built for the job.
