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42 - JEAN-ÉMILE PUIFORCAT (1897–1945) (ALSO KNOWN AS JEAN-ÉLISÉE PUIFORCAT)
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€30,000 - 50,000Sale fees
JEAN-ÉMILE PUIFORCAT (1897–1945) (ALSO KNOWN AS JEAN-ÉLISÉE PUIFORCAT) Deauville, model created around [1937–1938] A very substantial 1st-grade silver tableware set consisting of 177 pieces, composed as follows: - 32 large table forks - 32 large table knives with steel blades - 16 large table spoons - 16 fish forks - 16 fish knives - 12 dessert forks - 12 dessert knives with steel blades - 16 ice cream spoons - 14 teaspoons - 4 serving sets (8 pieces) - 2 sauce spoons - One serving knife with a steel blade Antique set; pre-1973. Each numbered piece bears the silversmith’s hallmark and guarantee mark; the steel blades are marked “Jean E. PUIFORCAT.” Total gross weight: 14.879 kg Provenance: Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine. Bibliography: - *L’Art vivant* – Special Issue (228) from 1938. Jean-Émile Puiforcat’s “Deauville” cutlery set reproduced on page 54. - *Mobilier et Décoration* – October 1947. Jean-Émile Puiforcat’s “Deauville” cutlery set reproduced on page 76. - René Herbst (introduction by) – Jean Puiforcat – Éditions Flammarion, Paris, 1951. Jean-Émile Puiforcat’s “Deauville” cutlery set reproduced in the unpaginated illustration section. Françoise de Bonneville – Jean Puiforcat – Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986. An identical model is referenced and reproduced on page 155.
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