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Teapot Teapot
This is a teapot. 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, ca. 1928
- cast pewter, ebonized wood.
- Gift of Marilyn Friedman.
- 2013-57-1/4
- 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.
- Tea And Coffee Service
- 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 × 11.5 × 17.2 cm (5 in. × 4 1/2 in. × 6 3/4 in.)
It has the following markings
On the body of teapot: [1] “EP” separated by a penknife within a lozenge, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] Minerva head with number 1, impressed (standard mark, French) [3] Boar head, impressed (standard mark, French)* On the handle of teapot: [1] “EP” separated by a penknife within a lozenge, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] Minerva head with number 1, impressed (standard mark, French) [3] “JEAN E. PUIFORCAT”, incised (maker’s mark) [4] “MADE IN FRANCE”, incised On the underside of lid: [1] “EP” separated by a penknife within a lozenge, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] Minerva head with number 1, impressed (standard mark, French) [3] Boar head, impressed (standard mark, French) *Poorly struck
Cite this object as
Teapot Teapot; Designed by Jean Elysée Puiforcat (French, 1897–1945); France; silver, walnut; H x W x D: 12.7 × 11.5 × 17.2 cm (5 in. × 4 1/2 in. × 6 3/4 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.
