Copper

2009-11-08
When my family went through my late grandfather's house I claimed these copper cups, which are shotglass-sized. I'm not sure what the little platters are for, but there's 8 of them, and also 8 pint-size cups. There's also 2 trays, which apparently are ash trays. My grandfather probably picked them up when he was stationed in Chile during WWII. The following is stamped on the bottom of everything:
"Enrique Avalos, R M - Hand Made - Chile"
Anyone know what R M means?
I spent a good portion of the day polishing them to what I assume is their former glory. It was a lot of work, and I didn't get to everything, as shown in this photo. I thought a polished and non-polished version would be an interesting juxtaposition. I positioned them on some black leather for the background and lit them from the side using a reflector on my flash unit.

[ last year - http://www.jawsnap.net/Daily/Year1/i-fnk98kS ]

coppercup

From One/Day Project, Year 2