November 7, 2007
Souvenir spoons. A long-time fascination of mine. What possessed us to take an object as functional as the spoon, strip it of all utility, and make it into an ornate desirable suitable only for display? As it turns out, the RISD Museum has tons of them tucked away in a remote corner of collection storage. They were made and donated by Gorham.
Souvenir spoons. A long-time fascination of mine. What possessed us to take an object as functional as the spoon, strip it of all utility, and make it into an ornate desirable suitable only for display? As it turns out, the RISD Museum has tons of them tucked away in a remote corner of collection storage. They were made and donated by Gorham.