Lot Essay
The verrière model, by Robert-Joseph Auguste, is illustrated in Gérard Mabille, La Collection Puiforcat: Orfèvrerie du XVIIe au XIXe siècle, 1994, p.45
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MARK OF PUIFORCAT, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Details
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT VERRIERE
MARK OF PUIFORCAT, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Based on a model from the Moscow Service for Catherine the Great, the oval body with stiff-leaf border, laurel band and foliate medallions at intervals, with notched rim and two acanthus-clad handles, marked on body, also engraved Puiforcat Paris on base
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) long; 46 oz. 10 dwt. (1,453 gr.)
MARK OF PUIFORCAT, PARIS, CIRCA 1900
Based on a model from the Moscow Service for Catherine the Great, the oval body with stiff-leaf border, laurel band and foliate medallions at intervals, with notched rim and two acanthus-clad handles, marked on body, also engraved Puiforcat Paris on base
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) long; 46 oz. 10 dwt. (1,453 gr.)
Provenance
S. Benchoufi Collection, sold Sotheby's, New York, 2 November 2006, lot 106
Brought to you by
Jennifer Pitman
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