01-10-201501-10-2015
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January 10, 2015 10:00 AMCalender
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Six-piece Jean Puiforcat .950 Silver Tea and Coffee Service

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$24,600$20,000
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2776BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 10, 2015 10:00AM

Description:

Six-piece Jean Puiforcat .950 Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Paris, c. 1925, each with squat, concave-paneled bodies with delicate floral and scroll motifs to the handles and spouts, kettle-on-stand with a burner, teapot, coffeepot, covered sugar, and waste bowl, kettle-on-stand ht. 9 3/4 in., approx. 128.3 troy oz., together with a silver-plated tray.

N.B. A copy of the original 1928 receipt from Puiforcat accompanies the lot. Jean-Emile Puiforcat (1897-1945) was a French silversmith, designer and sculptor. After serving in World War I, he joined the family firm of silversmiths, and began working independently after 1922. He was a prolific exhibitor, known for his simple geometric forms offset by materials like hardstone and ivory. This particular service is very similar to an example in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, which utilizes lapis lazuli (accession number: 23.177.1ab).
Estimate $12,000-18,000

Ivory knob to covered sugar reattached. Waste bowl with small unobtrusive dent to rim. Coffeepot with small dent to rim of lid (lid still sits in body) and body. Kettle stand with one pin loose from chain, also missing ivory knob, the other pin bent slightly. Otherwise in overall good condition with only minor usage wear and shrinkage cracks to ivory.


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Keywords

Jean-Emile Puiforcat, Jean Puiforcat, Silver Tea and Coffee Service, Paris, silversmith , designer and sculptor, Metropolitan Museum