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Jean-Élisée PUIFORCAT (1897–1945)
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Jean-Élisée PUIFORCAT (1897–1945)
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Jean-Élisée PUIFORCAT (1897–1945)
Lidded vessel with a circular white crystal base, faceted with bevelled edges, and a high band adorned with a silver ring; domed silver lid with radiating grooves around a circular, hollowed-out jade pull tab.
Master silversmith’s mark and hallmark on the lid and on the band.
Height: 15 cm – diameter: 22 cm / weight: 950 g
Exhibition: a vegetable dish of the same design and with a very similar lid, but made entirely of silver, was exhibited 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.
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 - 12
Lot description modified on 10/12/2026 at 11:34 AM
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