--- title: "Savoy Cat — Anamorphic Sculpture" description: "Arthur C. Clarke famously stated that advanced technology is akin to magic. 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To combat this superstition, The Savoy introduced Kaspar, a two-foot-high black cat sculpture designed by Basil Ionides in 1927. Kaspar serves as a fourteenth guest to ward off bad luck, complete with a napkin and place setting. 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Clarke famously stated that advanced technology is akin to magic. The Savoy Cat sculpture, inspired by an 1898 dinner hosted by Woolf Joel at The Savoy, commemorates a superstitious belief that emerged when Joel, ignoring a warning, left a table of thirteen and was later killed. To combat this superstition, The Savoy introduced Kaspar, a two-foot-high black cat sculpture designed by Basil Ionides in 1927. Kaspar serves as a fourteenth guest to ward off bad luck, complete with a napkin and place setting. This tradition, beloved by many including Winston Churchill, has been upheld at The Savoy for nearly 90 years. 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