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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Teapot

Manufacturer Jean Puiforcat (French, 1897-1945)

Designer Jean Puiforcat (French, 1897-1945)

CultureFrench

Date1935

MediumSilver | Rosewood

DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)

InscribedEach stamped on bottom: Jean E. Puiforcat, EP in lozenge and head of Minerva; silver mounts for each cover stamped with EP in a lozenge and head of Minerva.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number87.72.2

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DescriptionTea pot from an Art Deco tea and coffee service; round shaped with engine turned lip. Angular applied handles and spouts. Coffee, tea and creamer have wood handles and all pieces have wood tops set in silver mounts. Tops inlaid with silver initials "DP" (conjoined).

Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table; Silver from the Chrysler Museum," 6/15-8/6/89 "Art Deco: 1910-1939," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass., July 15, 2004 - January 25, 2005. Published ReferencesFrancoise de Bonneville, JEAN PUIFORCAT (Paris: Editions du Regard, 1986), p. 136, ill. 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: p.102, no. 62.