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Coffeepot Coffeepot

This is a coffeepot. 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.

It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 12.4 × 10.7 × 16.5 cm (4 7/8 × 4 3/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

On the body of coffeepot: [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 coffeepot: [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 coffeepot: [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)

Cite this object as

Coffeepot Coffeepot; Designed by Jean Elysée Puiforcat (French, 1897–1945); France; silver, walnut; H x W x D: 12.4 × 10.7 × 16.5 cm (4 7/8 × 4 3/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 1982-21-2-a,b

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