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Don’t get me wrong, I like our office mail guy as much as the next person. But I was overcome with pure love for him when he rounded the corner of my cube on Tuesday morning carrying a big cardboard box plastered all over with “Fragile — Please Handle With Care” stickers. I ripped into the box

Don’t get me wrong, I like our office mail guy as much as the next person. But I was overcome with pure love for him when he rounded the corner of my cube on Tuesday morning carrying a big cardboard box plastered all over with “Fragile — Please Handle With Care” stickers. I ripped into the box, scattering Styrofoam peanuts everywhere, and tore through layer upon layer of bubble wrap until I found it: my brand-new Jonathan Adler “love” jar. It was like Christmas. (Even better? I’d placed my online order just the day before! Hello, instant gratification.)

Adler’s Druggist line of trompe l’oeil pottery is quirky without being kitsch, modern without being starkly yawn-ish. His website describes the jar as “evoking the impression of old apothecary jars.” I describe it like this: A simple, white, lidded jar decided to toughen up, and threw on a big, chunky and, okay, slightly ghetto-fab name-plate chain. Gold teeth and tats to follow.

Basically, this pottery is the coolest kid in the kiln.

Jonathan Adler Druggist jars, $45-$75 at Matthew Izzo, 1109 Walnut Street, 215-829-0606, matthewizzo.com or available at jonathanadler.com.