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Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Coffee Pot
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Coffee Pot

Manufacturer Jean Puiforcat (French, 1897-1945)
Designer Jean Puiforcat (French, 1897-1945)
CultureFrench
Date1935
MediumSilver and rosewood
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 in. (14 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 number87.72.1
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 231
DescriptionCoffee 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.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jean Puiforcat
1935
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jean Puiforcat
1935
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Jean Puiforcat
1935
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Georg Jensen
ca. 1933-1945
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Georg Jensen
ca. 1933-1945
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Georg Jensen
ca. 1933-1945
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Georg Jensen
ca. 1933-1945
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Georg Jensen
ca. 1933-1945
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Georg Jensen
ca. 1933-1945
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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