JEAN-ÉMILE PUIFORCAT (1897-1945) (JEAN-ÉLISÉE PUIFORCAT, DIT) MODEL DESIGNER - MAISON PUIFORCAT PARIS GOLDSMITH Modernist cigarette and cigar box opening with two flaps and two drawers. The base in Macassar ebony opens with a drawer, the handle in Gabonese ebony. The fluted top and longitudinal grips in silver on Macassar ebony; the lateral grips in Gabon ebony. Post mortem edition. Bears the Master Goldsmith and title marks on each silver part. Height: 8.5cm - Length: 26cm - Width: 21cm Gross weight: 2.554g Provenance: Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine: Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine Bibliography: - Les Echos d'Art - N°72 of November 1931. Identical model reproduced on page 11. - L'Art vivant - April 1932. Identical model reproduced on page 198.

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