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Jean-Élisée PUIFORCAT (1897–1945)
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Jean-Élisée PUIFORCAT (1897–1945)
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Estimate €2,500 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Jean-Élisée PUIFORCAT (1897–1945)
Silver serving tray from the ‘Bayonne’ collection, with a rectangular body and a border decorated on two sides with wide, three-part grooved rectangles.
Signed in full on the reverse, with silversmith’s maker’s mark and hallmark.
Minerva hallmark, 1st standard
Height: 2 cm – length: 42 cm – depth: 28 cm – weight: 1350 gr
Exhibition: a variant of this model was exhibited at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925.
History: a square version is held in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (inv. 25450.B).
Bibliography:
- Jean Fouquet, Jean Puiforcat et l’orfèvrerie française, ‘Art & Décoration’, Paris, 1946, no. 3; a similar model is referenced and reproduced on p. 153.
- Collective work, *Jean Puiforcat: Goldsmith and Sculptor*, Flammarion, Paris, 1951; model referenced and reproduced on p. 57.
Please contact the firm for condition reports.
Expert:
Cabinet d’Expertise Marcilhac
5 rue de Nesle 75006 PARIS
[email protected]
T: +33 6 71 81 38 35 / +33 1 42 49 74 46
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About the sale
Selected works from the 20th century
Auction location
Auction time
10/26/2026 at 1:30 PM
Ref. : 8958 - 82
Lot description modified on 10/14/2026 at 1:49 PM
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