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An example of this powder-box dated 1927 is illustrated in Francoise de Bonneville, Jean Puiforcat (Paris, 1986), p. 210
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A SILVER AND ROSEWOOD POWDER-BOX, BOWL, AND CIRCULAR BOX
POWDER-BOX DESIGNED BY JEAN E. PUIFORCAT IN 1927; ALL PIECES MADE BY PUIFORCAT
The first spherical, on a square rosewood base, the cover set with a rectangular rosewood finial, marked -- 3 7/8 in. high the second circular, with flaring sides, on a cylindrical rosewood base with four cylindrical silverrods, marked -- 4¾ in. diameter; the third with two silver and rosewood handles, and a flat circular cover with a rosewood handle, marked -- 4 in. wide over handles
(Gross weight 21oz. 10 dwt. without base)
POWDER-BOX DESIGNED BY JEAN E. PUIFORCAT IN 1927; ALL PIECES MADE BY PUIFORCAT
The first spherical, on a square rosewood base, the cover set with a rectangular rosewood finial, marked -- 3 7/8 in. high the second circular, with flaring sides, on a cylindrical rosewood base with four cylindrical silverrods, marked -- 4¾ in. diameter; the third with two silver and rosewood handles, and a flat circular cover with a rosewood handle, marked -- 4 in. wide over handles
(Gross weight 21oz. 10 dwt. without base)