Trophy
Manufacturer
Jean Puiforcat
(French, 1897-1945)
Designer
Jean Puiforcat
(French, 1897-1945)
CultureFrench
Date1923
MediumSilver | Rock crystal | Lapis lazuli | Marble | Enamel
Dimensions10 3/4 × 21 11/16 in. (27.3 × 55.1 cm)
Other (Rock crystal decoration): 3 5/8 × 9 3/4 in. (9.2 × 24.8 cm)
Other (Bowl): 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm) diameter
Other (Rock crystal decoration): 3 5/8 × 9 3/4 in. (9.2 × 24.8 cm)
Other (Bowl): 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm) diameter
InscribedSigned "Jean E. Puiforcat"
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number78.245
Not on view
DescriptionThe Jean Potain Figure Skating Trophy. Round black marble base-stepped silver platform on top. Marble surmounted by a silver pool wall set with blue enamel plaques separated by short pilasters of lapis mounted in silver. Central fountain silver basin with vase; shaped fluted stem set with lapis panels and surmounted by rock crystal to simulate frozen water. Trophy was made for Palais de Glaces, Paris, 1923. It has been changed in order to hide the fact that it is a trophy and not a centerpiece. The blue enamel panels have been added to hide the engraving of the names of the winners, but they can still be read in the right light.Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table; Silver from the Chrysler Museum," 6/15-8/6/89 “The Jazz Age: Art and Decoration in 1920s America,” Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, April 9 – August 20, 2017; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, September 23, 2017 – January 14, 2018. Published ReferencesFrancoise de Bonneville, JEAN PUIFORCAT (Paris: Editions du Regard, 1986), p. 276-8, ill. p. 278. Essays by David Revere McFadden, entries by Mark A. Clark. TREASURES FOR THE TABLE: SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM. Hudson Hills Press, New York, In Assocation with The American Federation of Arts and The Chrysler Museum. 1989: pp. 48, 51; no. 7. Sarah D. Coffine and Stephen Harrison, _The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s_, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017), pg. 41, fig. 66.
ca. 1925
François-Émile Décorchemont
