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VALENTINES DAY MASSACRE FRIDAY METAL PORN!!! Show us the GOODS!

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Got another interesting piece this week. Part of a group of stuff that was unexpected but welcomed, and one that will be part of my collection--for now at least ;)

Another thing that might not appeal to most people, and I totally get that. But I think it's pretty cool for many reasons:

This is an ashtray by Mexican silversmith Salvador de la Serna, and probably dates to about 1950. The unadorned, architectrual geometric shape is quintessential Modernist design. I think it looks like a swimming pool with a diving board, and that may very well have been the intention. It's heavier than you'd expect, too: About 2 ounces. Serna created pieces for at least one of the top tier Mexican silversmiths of the 20th century--Margot de Taxco.

And to keep this VALENTINES DAY THEMED... ;)

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We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame

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