1937
French
Decorative Arts
Metalwork
sterling silver, rosewood
Overall (teapot): 5 3/8 × 7 × 4 in. (13.65 × 17.78 × 10.16 cm)
Overall (coffeepot): 5 3/8 × 7 × 4 in. (13.65 × 17.78 × 10.16 cm)
Overall (creamer): 3 × 4 3/4 × 3 1/8 in. (7.62 × 12.07 × 7.94 cm)
Overall (sugar bowl): 3 × 4 1/2 × 3 1/8 in. (7.62 × 11.43 × 7.94 cm)
Overall (tray): 1 1/2 × 34 × 9 in. (3.81 × 86.36 × 22.86 cm)
85.295.1-5
Marked (on each piece)(bottom, under handle and lid, and side): maker’s mark: E-penknife-P (for Émile Puiforcat but used by his grandson Jean)/JEAN E. PUIFORCAT/FRANCE; Minerva head
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
Similar pieces were displayed at the International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques, Paris, 1937;

"In the Service of Tea," Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY, Aug 7 - Oct 28, 1984;

"La Richesse Inventive de Puiforcat," Mobilier & Decoration, Mar 1938, p. 99;

Jean Puiforcat: Orfevre Sculpteur, Flammarion, 1951, p. 19;

Francoise de Bonneville, Jean Puiforcat, 1986, pp. 135, 138-139;

Les Annees 30 d'Anne Bony, 1987, p. 1035;

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