This IVV Gli Scacchi container is basically a small piece of color that also happens to be useful. The blue body has that chess-piece silhouette, topped with a green lid and a small knob you can grab without thinking. Use it anywhere you’d normally want a container you don’t feel like hiding: wrapped candy, sugar, loose tea, desk odds and ends, even dog treats. It’s made in Italy from borosilicate glass, so it feels light in the hand but not delicate. Easy gift, too — housewarming, host gifts, birthdays, the “I saw this and thought of you” category.