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Source Description
This tea and coffee service, salver, and table, together with some now missing cups, were all designed by Carlo Bugatti as an ensemble and presented at the 1902 exposition devoted to decorative arts in Turin, Italy. The set was probably acquired from Bugatti's 1907 exhibition at the Galerie Hébrard in Paris by a wealthy South African widow, Anna Blake, who was living there at the time. Some of the animal and insect motifs suggest mythical beasts or the fossils of prehistoric animals. When Mrs. Blake returned to Cape Town, she took these and other pieces designed by Bugatti with her, and they remained in South Africa throughout her lifetime.
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Document identity
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156113
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Salver
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Source metadata
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156113
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object
title
Salver
description
This tea and coffee service, salver, and table, together with some now missing cups, were all designed by Carlo Bugatti as an ensemble and presented at the 1902 exposition devoted to decorative arts in Turin, Italy. The set was probably acquired from Bugatti's 1907 exhibition at the Galerie Hébrard in Paris by a wealthy South African widow, Anna Blake, who was living there at the time. Some of the animal and insect motifs suggest mythical beasts or the fossils of prehistoric animals. When Mrs. Blake returned to Cape Town, she took these and other pieces designed by Bugatti with her, and they remained in South Africa throughout her lifetime.
date
c. 1907
citation
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CC0
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en
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Q60746895
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15830
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Silver
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 14.6 x 33 cm (5 3/4 x 13 in.)
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France, Paris
accession
1991.46
Source extras
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Gilt silver and ivory
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Salver, c. 1907. Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856–1940), Adrien-Aurélien Hebrard (French, 1866–1937). Gilt silver and ivory; overall: 14.6 x 33 cm (5 3/4 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1991.46
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
inscribed inside one of six ovoid compartments: "Bugatti" in ligature. Engraved on back: A.A. HEBRAND/ 8 RUE ROYAL/PARIS FRANCE.
relatedWorks
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156112
description
Tea Table, c. 1907. Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856–1940). Inlaid wood (mahogany?), cast and gilded bronze mounts, inlays of ivory or bone, metal, and mother-of-pearl (marine mussels or pearl oysters); overall: 71.5 x 67.1 x 41.3 cm (28 1/8 x 26 7/16 x 16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1991.45
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150156
description
Tea and Coffee Service, c. 1907. Carlo Bugatti (Italian, 1856–1940), Adrien-Aurélien Hebrard (French, 1866–1937). Gilt silver and ivory. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection, 1980.74
didYouKnow
Carlo Bugatti's sons achieved illustrious careers of their own. Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916) became a celebrated sculptor, and Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947) manufactured luxurious automobiles and racing cars.
citations
citation
<em>L'Art Decoratif</em> 25, no. 1 (June 1911).
page_number
Mentioned P 307
citation
Hawley, Henry. "Some Furniture and Silver of Carlo Bugatti." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 5 (1992): 130-43.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 136-137; Mentioned: p.
citation
Duncan, Alastair. <em>The Paris Salons, 1895-1914</em>. Vol. 5 of <em>Objets d'Art and Metalware</em>. Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1994.
page_number
Reproduced P 157
citation
Hawley, Henry H., Véronique Fromanger Des Cordes, and Mickey Mishne. <em>Bugatti</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced P 26, cat. no. 39, fig. 38
citation
May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. <em>Knockouts: A Pocket Guide</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced PP 55-6
citation
Massé, Marie-Madeleine. <em>Carlo Bugatti au Musée d'Orsay: catalogue sommaire illustré du fonds d'archives et des collections</em>. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001.
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced P 39, cat. no. 138
citation
Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, and Jeannine J. Falino. <em>Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique</em>. Cleveland, Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008.
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced PP 35-7, 40, 324-5, cat. no. 10
citation
Fromanger, Véronique. <em>Rembrandt Bugatti Sculpteur: Répertoire Monographique</em>. Paris: L'Amateur, 2009.
page_number
Mentioned P 8, fig. 69
citation
Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. <em>Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page_number
Mentioned & reproduced PP 294-5
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 144
creditline
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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Michael J. Horvitz Family Gallery
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2026-06-18 21:16:46.318000
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156113
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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Gilt silver and ivory
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