Not because it’s gold, but because it refuses to fade back. A pear, broken into tiny mirrored tiles, catches every bit of light in the room and throws it back in warm gold, copper and pale green.

The wall it sits on stops being background. Mornings get a bit more cheerful, evenings get a bit more theatrical, and the kitchen gets the kind of personality you usually have to argue for.

Hang it where people actually pause above a coffee station, a small bar cart, or on a narrow stretch of wall between cabinets. It works at eye level and it works in a tall, awkward gap.

Pair it with warm woods, brass handles, cream stoneware, and the odd smoked-glass tumbler. It likes company that’s relaxed, not precious.

Keep it away from busy patterned wallpaper let the pear be the loud one. Arrives stretched on a wooden frame and ready to hang straight out of the box.