Volterra Alabaster Vessel
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Volterra Alabaster Vessel
$485
Hand-carved translucent alabaster; numbered edition of 120.
- Hand-numbered edition with certificate
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- Lifetime refinishing on brass
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Volterra Alabaster Vessel
The archive piece our collectors ask for first — weight, glow, and restraint in one form.
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01 · Material
Single block Volterra alabaster with natural veining.
02 · Finish
Waxed by hand — patina deepens over decades.
03 · Scale
28 cm tall — anchors a shelf or console.
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Hand-carved translucent alabaster; numbered edition of 120.
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- Season: Winter
- Material: Insulated synthetic down
- Use Case: Outdoor, travel, daily winter wear
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Aurelian began as a private archive of objects too considered to stay hidden — alabaster from Volterra, linen loomed in Belgium, brass sand-cast in a family foundry outside Florence.
Today we release small collections for collectors who want fewer, better things: pieces that age honestly and sit comfortably beside both antique wood and modern concrete.
Principles
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Material honesty
We name quarries, mills, and workshops on every piece.
Slow cadence
No more than four drops a year — each one fully resolved.
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Complimentary refinishing for the first decade of ownership.
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Process
How it comes together
No black boxes — every step has an owner.
01Source
We visit quarries and mills before signing a season.
02Prototype
Three to five iterations per silhouette in Florence.
03Produce
Small batches with QC photos before ship.
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The hands behind the archive.
Four artisans · FlorenceBeatrice Costa
Master setter · 31 years
Henri Lambert
Lapidary · 22 years
Aïcha N'Diaye
Engraver · 14 years
Camille Orée
Creative director
Heritage
Milestones
A short arc — the long work happens between the lines.
2014
Archive opens
Julian begins sourcing one-of-a-kind vessels for private clients.
2018
First public collection
The Study series sells out in 72 hours.
2022
Atelier partnerships
We formalize long-term contracts with six European workshops.
2026
Membership
Early access and archive restocks for returning collectors.
Our journey
From quarry to collector.
Chapter 01
The first archive
Julian began visiting quarries on weekends, collecting stones too beautiful to leave behind. What started as a personal obsession became a private archive of materials from Volterra to Carrara.
Chapter 02
Florence atelier
In 2016 we partnered with a fourth-generation sand-casting workshop outside Florence. The first brass prototype took three weeks. We still work with the same family today.
Chapter 03
First public collection
The Study series launched in 2018 with 120 numbered pieces. They sold out in 72 hours. Since then, every collection has been intentionally small — fewer, better things.
If we do our job honestly, the piece you bring home becomes heavier with use, not lighter.
— Julian Aurelian, Founder
Our impact
Material honesty, by design.
We name quarries, mills, and workshops on every piece. Transparency is not marketing — it is the minimum.
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Material honesty
We name quarries, mills, and workshops on every piece.
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Slow cadence
No more than four drops a year — each one fully resolved.
Learn more10yrrefinishing
Repair-first
Complimentary refinishing for the first decade of ownership.
Learn more120+archive pieces
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Numbered editions with certificates of authenticity.
Learn more0+Archive piecesAcross four living collections.
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The alabaster vessel catches winter light like nothing else in our apartment — guests always ask where it is from.
Elena Whitmore
Architect · Brooklyn
The alabaster vessel catches winter light like nothing else in our apartment — guests always ask where it is from.
Elena Whitmore
Architect · Brooklyn
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Worth every dollar — these pieces feel inherited rather than bought, and they only seem to get better with daily use around our home.
Finally, a brand that respects silence — no loud branding, no overwrought copy, just objects that quietly belong wherever you put them.
Packaging alone belongs in a museum — every fold and sleeve felt deliberate, and we genuinely kept the outer box as part of the gift.
“The alabaster vessel catches winter light like nothing else in our apartment — guests always ask where it is from.”
Elena WhitmoreArchitect · Brooklyn
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Maya L.
Apr 2026
Flawless finish and honest materials.
Diego R.
Mar 2026
Shipping was faster than quoted.
Helena V.
Mar 2026
Customer care answered in under an hour.
Amira K.
Feb 2026
Worth every dollar — these pieces feel inherited rather than bought, and they only seem to get better with daily use around our home.
Jonas P.
Jan 2026
Finally, a brand that respects silence — no loud branding, no overwrought copy, just objects that quietly belong wherever you put them.
River J.
Jan 2026
Pretty good overall, though the finish reads slightly different in person than in the photos.
Sam O.
Dec 2025
Item arrived dented. Replacement was painless but the first impression stuck.
Anonymous
Nov 2025
Not quite for me — the colour read very different on my screen.
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★★★★★4.9 / 5 from 2,100 reviews
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Worth every dollar — these pieces feel inherited rather than bought, and they only seem to get better with daily use around our home.
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Finally, a brand that respects silence — no loud branding, no overwrought copy, just objects that quietly belong wherever you put them.
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Packaging alone belongs in a museum — every fold and sleeve felt deliberate, and we genuinely kept the outer box as part of the gift.
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The alabaster vessel catches winter light like nothing else in our apartment — guests always ask where it is from.
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I have bought from many “quiet luxury” brands; Aurelian is the first where the weight and finish match the story.
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Returns process was white-glove. The brass burner patinas exactly as promised in the journal.
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Flawless finish and honest materials.
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Shipping was faster than quoted.
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The alabaster vessel catches winter light like nothing else in our apartment — guests always ask where it is from.
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I have bought from many “quiet luxury” brands; Aurelian is the first where the weight and finish match the story.
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Returns process was white-glove. The brass burner patinas exactly as promised in the journal.
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Flawless finish and honest materials.
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The alabaster vessel catches winter light like nothing else in our apartment — guests always ask where it is from.
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Living with alabaster↗
Why the vessel you thought was decorative becomes the most useful object in the room.
JA
Julian Aurelian
Mar 2, 2026•Founder & Creative Director
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A week in the Florence atelier↗
Inside the family foundry that casts every Aurelian brass piece — by hand, in sand, as they have for four generations.
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Sofia Reyes
Feb 4, 2026•Studio editor
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On designing for quiet rooms↗
The one rule our creative director has never broken: if an object needs explaining, it is already failing.
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Julian Aurelian
Jan 10, 2026•Founder & Creative Director
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Inside the family foundry that casts every Aurelian brass piece — by hand, in sand, as they have for four generations.
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Sofia Reyes
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On designing for quiet rooms
The one rule our creative director has never broken: if an object needs explaining, it is already failing.
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Why the vessel you thought was decorative becomes the most useful object in the room.
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A week in the Florence atelier
Inside the family foundry that casts every Aurelian brass piece — by hand, in sand, as they have for four generations.
SR
Sofia Reyes
Feb 4, 2026
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On designing for quiet rooms
The one rule our creative director has never broken: if an object needs explaining, it is already failing.
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Julian Aurelian
Jan 10, 2026
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Living with alabaster
Why the vessel you thought was decorative becomes the most useful object in the room.
Julian Aurelian
Mar 2, 2026
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A week in the Florence atelier
Inside the family foundry that casts every Aurelian brass piece — by hand, in sand, as they have for four generations.
Sofia Reyes
Feb 4, 2026
1 min
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On designing for quiet rooms
The one rule our creative director has never broken: if an object needs explaining, it is already failing.
Julian Aurelian
Jan 10, 2026
1 min
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Materials
Living with alabaster
Why the vessel you thought was decorative becomes the most useful object in the room.
JA
Julian Aurelian
Founder & Creative Director
March 2, 2026
8 min read
Alabaster is an old stone — soft enough to carve with a spoon when freshly quarried, translucent enough to read a book by the light it carries.
The first week is the strangest
"I bought it for a shelf. Six months later it is on the dining table, catching candles."
— Helena M., collector · MilanIf we do our job honestly, the piece you bring home becomes heavier with use, not lighter.
JA
Julian Aurelian
Founder & Creative Director
Julian sources materials from artisan workshops across Europe, focusing on objects that age beautifully.
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AweekintheFlorenceatelier
Inside the family foundry that casts every Aurelian brass piece — by hand, in sand, as they have for four generations.
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Sofia Reyes
Studio editor
February 4, 2026
6 min read
Piero greets us at six in the morning because the sand is easier to pack when the workshop is still cool. He has been casting brass for thirty-one years.
Why sand-cast, still
“Brass does not want to be rushed. You can push it, but it will tell you later.”
— Piero, foreman · Florence
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On designing for quiet rooms
The one rule our creative director has never broken: if an object needs explaining, it is already failing.
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On designing for quiet rooms.
Julian Aurelian· Jan 2026 · 7 min read
The rooms I return to over and over share a common refusal. They refuse to perform. You can spend twenty minutes in one and leave without a single object asking for your attention, and yet the room has changed your mood.
A quiet room is not a minimal room — it is a room where every object is behaving like itself.
What makes a room quiet
Minimalism often shouts through absence: the single chair, the empty plane. Quietness is different. A quiet room can be full — books, rugs, lamps, a cat — but every object earns its place.
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