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!