Plinio was created to capture Vesuvius in the middle of an eruption, specifically, the Plinian eruption of 1944. Plinio is made of basalt (lava) stone which emanates from volcanic eruptions and provides a vivid illustration of the beginnings of a pyroclastic flow, as superheated gas and rock are blasted into the atmosphere. The depiction of the eruption is captured in the table design. The black glass often formed in the process of an eruption rests atop and provides a smooth, elegant surface.