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Tea Pot

c. 1907
designer

Carlo Bugatti

(Italian, 1856–1940)
maker

Adrien-Aurélien Hebrard

(French, 1866–1937)
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Culture
France, Paris
Medium
Gilt silver and ivory
Measurements
Overall: 17.7 x 15.9 x 9.7 cm (6 15/16 x 6 1/4 x 3 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection 1980.74.4
Public Domain
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Location
223 20th Century Avant-Garde
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This tea pot is part of a tea and coffee service designed by Carlo Bugatti.

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.
A gilt silver teapot shaped like a boar's head features a snout facing right with a ring through the nose. The polished surface is engraved with detailed patterns of fur and overlapping scales. From the top of the head, an ivory horn carved with flowers at its base curves upward and back into a handle. The vessel tapers from a rounded base toward the animal's head, snout, and large ears.

Tea Pot

c. 1907

Carlo Bugatti, Adrien-Aurélien Hebrard

(Italian, 1856–1940), (French, 1866–1937)
France, Paris

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