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Object ID #18532975

This is a Teapot and lid. It was designed by Jean Elysée Puiforcat. It is dated ca. 1928 and we acquired it in 1982. Its medium is silver, walnut. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

By the end of the 1920s, Jean Puiforcat's spherical pots set the stage for this form to dominate domestic design products for a broad market.

It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.

Drawing, Design for a Punch Goblet
pen and black ink, green color pencil, graphite on cream tracing paper.
Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.
1995-164-25

Dinette Tea Set
cast pewter, ebonized wood.
Gift of Marilyn Friedman.
2013-57-1/4

Nickel-plated brass semi-spherical cup resting on two splayed strips of the metal, which serve as feet. Attached to the bottom as a handle is a thick-looking horizontal rectangular piece of the metal. It is rounded where it meets the cup, and ends in a vertical rectangle of dark wood. The dark silver-colored metal is quite tarnished. The cup is pictured with other matching objects in the set: a teapot, sugar bowl, and creamer.

Cup (Austria)
nickel-plated brass, wood.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert.
1967-85-4-a

Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.

Octagonal sterling tea and coffee service with double slabs of rectangular rosewood handles. There is a samovar-like water kettle, a tea and coffeepot, sugar, creamer, waste pot and tongs. The initials LMW are engraved in upper case block letters on the serving pieces.

Tea And Coffee Service, ca. 1925
silver and rosewood.
Lent by Dallas Museum of Art, The Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, gift of....
35.2016.7a/f

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 12.7 x 17.2 x 11.5 cm (5 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Maker's mark, hallmark (.925), export mark; inside cover and on side of body near lip. Maker's mark and hallmark on tubular handle. Handle inscribed at tip: "Jean E. Puiforcat" and at bottom: "Made in France." Hallmark overstruck in cover.

Cite this object as

Object ID #18532975; Designed by Jean Elysée Puiforcat (French, 1897–1945); silver, walnut; H x W x D: 12.7 x 17.2 x 11.5 cm (5 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 1982-21-1-a,b

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

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Accession Number 1982-21-1-a,b
Object ID 18532975