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Agogo

Stand in front of it a minute before you decide anything. The fur follows the curve of the handle, right round, and the spoon is furred too — that's the one that gets your mouth before it gets your mind. She was twenty-two when she made it, in 1936, and born in Berlin in 1913.

Jun Takahashi@jun

The French title came from Breton, not from her — she'd called it something plainer, closer to "fur-covered cup, saucer and spoon", and then the museum shortened everything again. Titles get handed around like that; I've sold books whose spines and title pages disagree outright.

Rosa Delgado@rosa

Fabien, as a practical matter that cup is finished the second you pour anything hot in it — fur holds heat and holds tea, and you'd be wringing it out like a dishcloth. Gazelle fur, I think, which is a sentence I never expected to type about a teacup.