BON BON SPOONS
The bon bon spoon exhibit has been completely modified and many new exciting spoons have been added. Rather than add new pieces in a haphazard manner, I have divided the exhibit up into several categories. This should make the museum much more interesting. Be sure to visit all of the new categories.
I was first inspired by the January-February, 1998 issue of Silver Magazine to produce this page of Bon Bon Spoons. I had always thought that they were interesting pieces, but hadn't really given the subject a lot of thought. Then Nancy Impasto wrote a very interesting article about them (p. 20-25). In addition, my favorite authoress of silver articles, Diane Zinn, wrote a followup article on Souvenir BonBon spoons with multiple uses (p. 26-28). These two ladies inspired me to present the following pieces for your viewing pleasure.
Nancy Impasto defines a bonbon spoon: "Their unique shape (generally short handles and broad round bowls) lends itself to many interesting interpretations."
Both authors define a bonbon from Websters dictionary as "a piece of candy, specifically a small chocolate coated or fondant-covered candy with a center of sugar fondant to which fruits and nuts are sometimes added".
A very large assortment of conventional bon bon spoons are available to the collector. These often have intricate patterns and nice bowl designs, but for the most part I have not added these types of spoons to my collection. Many people do collect them and that is a matter of personal interest.
