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live October 26 | 01:30 PM
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55 - Jean-Élisée PUIFORCAT (1897–1945)

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€3,000 - 5,000

Sale fees

31%

Jean-Élisée PUIFORCAT (1897–1945) Lidded vessel with a circular white crystal base cut into beveled facets and a high band adorned with a silver rim; domed silver lid featuring radiating grooves around a circular, hollowed-out jade pull tab. Master silversmith’s hallmark and material hallmark on the lid and the band. Height: 15 cm - Diameter: 22 cm / Gross weight: 2,620 g (Handle needs to be reattached; minute chips in the glass and slight oxidation) Exhibition: A vegetable dish of the same design and with a very similar lid, but made entirely of silver, was presented at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925. History: The vegetable dish from the 1925 exhibition was donated by Jean-Elisée Puiforcat to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (inv. 25450.A) Bibliography: Françoise Bonneville, Jean Puiforcat, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986; a variant of our model is referenced and reproduced on p. 87. Please contact the firm for condition reports. Appraiser: Cabinet d'Expertise Marcilhac 5 rue de Nesle 75006 PARIS info@marcilhacexpert.com T: +33 6 71 81 38 35 / +33 1 42 49 74 46

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Œuvres choisies du XXème siècle
Monday, October 26
01:30 PM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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