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Jean E. Puiforcat / French Art Deco Sterling Box c.1930
JEAN E. PUIFORCAT (1897-1945) France
ORFÈVRERIE PUIFORCAT Paris, France
Sterling silver with sterling and bone gear-like finial detail
Marks: JEAN E. PUIFORCAT, French Guarantee mark for 950/1000 pure silver, E.P. insignia (Emile Puiforcat)
For related works of Puiforcat see: Jean Puiforcat, Françoise de Bonneville (Paris: Editions du Regard, 1986) p.171; Jean Puiforcat: Orfèvre Sculpteur (Paris: Flammarion,1951).
H: 3 1/4″ x Dia: 3 1/2″
Jean E. Puiforcat is the most famous name of Art Deco silverwork. This is a gently tapered round footed and covered box of beautiful form and proportion with a contoured gear-like bone and silver finial. Overall it is a signature example of French Art Deco silver and dates from the late 1920’s and bears the early mark of Jean E. Puiforcat spelled out in addition to all of the appropriate French silver standard touchmarks. It is a really perfect example of French Art Deco silver by the French master of them all, Puiforcat!
Jean E. Puiforcat / French Art Deco Sterling Box c.1930
LUC LANEL (1893-1965) France
ORFÈVRERIE CHRISTOFLE Paris
Ovoid form with a foot and flared lip design with a polished copper body with an overall stepped rectangular and square motif geometric design
Marks: CHRISTOFLE (large script with wave lines below), B 173, G
For more information see: Mobilier et Décoration d’Interieur ( 1924-25), p. 10; Les Arts Décoratifs Modernes (France), Gaston Quènioux (Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1925), p. 176; 150 Ans d’Ofèvrerie Christofle, Henri Bouilhet ([Paris]: Chêne/Hachette: 1981), pp. 241 and 230.
H: 8 5/8″ x Dia: 5″