Carved Old Dark Wood Spoon with Wonderful Details umbrella just really striking

just really striking

I find the interplay between the solid matte black and the translucent blue

allowing for a good strong grip

This is a fantastic Aldo Londi for Bitossi "Spagnolo" vase

Carved Old Dark Wood Spoon with Wonderful Details umbrella just really strikingSuch a sweet spoon. I'd probably be inclined to keep this one very near at hand, perhaps sitting in an old wooden bowl on the counter filled sea salt, so that I could use it all of the time. Hand carved and quite old I think, it's got a great shape, nice large bowl, and terrific little stars inside of squares carved in the handle, with a row of dots on either side. I think one can really viscerally feel the love and care that went into making this; so