A FOUR-PIECE SILVER AND GLASS TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND A TRAY

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A FOUR-PIECE SILVER AND GLASS TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND A TRAY
THE FIRST FOUR DESIGNED BY JEAN E. PUIFORCAT IN 1925 AND MADE BY PUIFORCAT POST-1973; THE TRAY MADE BY PUIFORCAT BEFORE 1973

Comprising a coffeepot, a teapot, a covered sugar bowl, a cream-jug and a six-sided tray; the hollow pieces oval in plan, with lead crstal glass arc-form handles, on a rectangular platform base, each marked -- coffeepot 5½ in. high; tray 23 5/8 in. long
(Gross weight 177 oz.) (5)

Lot Essay

exhibited this and other new designs in silver at the historic Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes of 1925. This design epitomizes Puiforcat's interest in pure geometric forms, and has been widely published as one of his masterpieces. See Francoise de Bonneville, Jean Puiforcat (Paris, 1986), pp. 112-115 and 125; and Victor Arwas. Art Deco (New York, 1980), p. 98.