Some designs shout. This one composes. A navy field of fine pinstripes carries a single ornamented medallion, and everything else in the artwork exists to hold that centre still.

Design Story

The composition is strictly symmetrical and vertically stacked. At the midpoint sits a circular emblem carrying the interlocking NY monogram, ringed by pale bead-like detailing and deep blue faceted accents that read as jewellery rather than decoration. Above and below, Art Deco fans and diamond motifs repeat the same geometry at reducing scale, so the eye travels down a controlled ladder of ornament. A framed cartouche beneath the emblem reads NEW YORK, 1903, PRIVATE RESERVE, 001 of 500 — typography treated as engraving. The narrow pinstripes function as visual quiet; without them the ornament would collapse into noise.

Use & Experience

On a tumbler, the vertical proportion suits this artwork exactly. The medallion lands as a front-facing focal panel at natural eye height, while the banded ornament at the top and base closes the wraparound composition like a plinth and a crown. Navy dominates, gold and pale accents punctuate. Held or set down, the result is a composed graphic accessory rather than a loud one.

Size & Capacity

Available capacity: 40 oz.

Restraint in the field, precision at the centre — an emblem given room to be looked at.