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Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl
This is a sugar bowl. 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.
By the end of the 1920s, Jean Puiforcat's spherical pots set the stage for this form to dominate domestic design products for a broad market.
It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
- Fairest Reflective Sphere
- brass.
- Courtesy of Michael Anastassiades.
- 47.2015.2
- Drawing, Design for a Punch Goblet
- pen and black ink, green color pencil, graphite on cream tracing paper.
- Gift of John Finguerra in memory of his brother Jim Finguerra.
- 1995-164-25
- Dinette Tea Set
- cast pewter, ebonized wood.
- Gift of Marilyn Friedman.
- 2013-57-1/4
Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.
- Teapot and Insulated Case Teapot
- earthenware, silver plated, brass, felt, bakelite.
- Gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor.
- 1986-99-32-a,b
- Tea And Coffee Service
- silver and rosewood.
- Lent by Dallas Museum of Art, The Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, gift of....
- 35.2016.7a/f
- Cup (Austria)
- nickel-plated brass, wood.
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Gilbert.
- 1967-85-4-a
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 10.2 × 9.8 × 8.6 cm (4 in. × 3 7/8 in. × 3 3/8 in.)
It has the following markings
On the body of sugar bowl: [1] Minerva head with number 1, impressed (standard mark, French) [2] Boar head, impressed (standard mark, French)* On underside of lid [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 edge of lid: [1] “JEAN E. PUIFORCAT”, incised (maker’s mark) [2] “MADE IN FRANCE”, incised
Cite this object as
Sugar Bowl Sugar Bowl; Designed by Jean Elysée Puiforcat (French, 1897–1945); France; silver, walnut; H x W x D: 10.2 × 9.8 × 8.6 cm (4 in. × 3 7/8 in. × 3 3/8 in.); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 1982-21-3-a,b
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
