Help us restore the first souvenir line of the House of Humor and Satire!
The idea of creating Gabrovo humor souvenirs arose with the establishment of the House of Humor and Satire more than 53 years ago.
Back in the 70s, prototypes of everyone’s favorite cups appeared, designed by Boris Dimovski – cup halves for Gabrovo “coffee for two”, a stingy sugar bowl, a spoon with a hole, a coffee cup with a glued saucer, a cup for coffee divination, etc.
In 1980–1981, the cartoonist, together with the master of artistic ceramics Nedyalka Kolcheva, further developed and enriched the first souvenir series – witty, humorous and entirely in the spirit of Gabrovo.
Today, 45 years later, we are looking for the missing pieces in order to professionally photograph them and include them in a slideshow for the exhibition “Boris Dimovski – 100-year Birth Anniversary”.
The following souvenirs from the series (1980–1981) are wanted:
Ceramics:
- Cup with saucer – set
- Teapot, sugar bowl and cup halves set
- Coffee, tea and milk set (the teapot has 3 spouts – one for each drink)
- Bowl with ornaments (two versions)
- Cylindrical vase with relief decoration of a cat
- Cup – candlestick
- Tile “Gabrovo 81” – face with mustache and inscription
- Tile “Gabrovo 81” – cat with inscription
- Tile “Gabrovo 81” – female profile
Other materials:
T-shirt with tie – designer model based on a drawing by Dimovski
Wrapping paper and fabric “Made in Gabrovo”
*Below in the gallery you can see what the sought-after souvenirs look like visually.
How you can help
If you keep any of these souvenirs:
- Bring it to the Museum of Humor and Satire (68 Bryanska St., Gabrovo) to have it professionally photographed;
- it will be returned the same day or the next.
- Or send a photo and a short note (when and where the object is from) to press@humorhouse.bg
- You can get more information by calling 0884028581
Each object is part of Gabrovo’s memory and brings the smile of its time.
Why we do it
The collected images will be included in a slideshow for the exhibition.
Thus, together we will restore the first souvenir line of the Museum – a project that in 1980 marked the beginning of our visual identity.
Deadline: December 10, 2025
Museum of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo
