JEAN-ÉMILE PUIFORCAT (1897-1945) (JEAN-ÉLISÉE PUIFORCAT, DIT) MODEL DESIGNER - MAISON PUIFORCAT PARIS GOLDSMITH A modernist circular silver bowl on a stand. The foot in Macassar ebony fluted with two silver fins. Post mortem edition. Marked Jean E. PUIFORCAT under the base and bearing the hallmarks of Master Goldsmith and title on the rim of the bowl. Height: 5cm - Diameter: 13cm Gross weight: 197.5g Provenance: Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine: Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine. Bibliographyand related works: Françoise de Bonneville - Jean Puiforcat - Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986. Variant reproduced on page 273.

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