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Edlis Neeson Collection
JEAN ÉLISÉE PUIFORCAT (1897-1945)
'Anglet' Three-Piece Coffee Service, Model No. 8049, designed 1925
Details
JEAN ÉLISÉE PUIFORCAT (1897-1945)
'Anglet' Three-Piece Coffee Service, Model No. 8049, designed 1925
silver, Ceylon ebony
comprising:
a coffee pot, a covered sugar bowl and a creamer
together with a silver-plate tray, circa 1942-1945
coffee pot: 7 x 3 5⁄8 x 6 in. (17.8 x 9.2 x 5.3 cm)
covered sugar bowl: 3 7⁄8 x 4 ¾ x 3 ¾ in. (9.8 x 12 x 9.5 cm)
creamer: 3 7⁄8 x 3 5⁄8 x 2 3⁄8 in. (9.8 x 9.2 x 6 cm)
tray: 1 x 15 7⁄8 x 9 7⁄8 in. (2.5 x 40.5 x 25 cm)
each stamped EP, JEAN E. PUIFORCAT and with French hallmarks, the tray stamped JEAN PUIFORCAT
gross weight: 56 oz. 4 dwt. (1,596 gr.)
'Anglet' Three-Piece Coffee Service, Model No. 8049, designed 1925
silver, Ceylon ebony
comprising:
a coffee pot, a covered sugar bowl and a creamer
together with a silver-plate tray, circa 1942-1945
coffee pot: 7 x 3 5⁄8 x 6 in. (17.8 x 9.2 x 5.3 cm)
covered sugar bowl: 3 7⁄8 x 4 ¾ x 3 ¾ in. (9.8 x 12 x 9.5 cm)
creamer: 3 7⁄8 x 3 5⁄8 x 2 3⁄8 in. (9.8 x 9.2 x 6 cm)
tray: 1 x 15 7⁄8 x 9 7⁄8 in. (2.5 x 40.5 x 25 cm)
each stamped EP, JEAN E. PUIFORCAT and with French hallmarks, the tray stamped JEAN PUIFORCAT
gross weight: 56 oz. 4 dwt. (1,596 gr.)
Provenance
Private Collection, Switzerland
Christie's, New York, 30 March 1985, lot 296
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Christie's, New York, 30 March 1985, lot 296
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
R. Chavance, "Les Arts Appliqués au Salon d'Automne," Les Echos des Industries d'Art, Paris, no. 16, November 1926, p. 15
G. Henriot, "Jean Puiforcat, Maître Orfèvre," Mobilier et Décoration, Paris, March 1927, p. 77
Mobilier et Décoration, Paris, July 1931 (for an advertisement with the coffee pot)
Encyclopédie des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes au XXème siècle, New York, 1977, vol. V, pl. XXII
Puiforcat, 175 and de haute orfèvrerie, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1997, p. 44
G. Henriot, "Jean Puiforcat, Maître Orfèvre," Mobilier et Décoration, Paris, March 1927, p. 77
Mobilier et Décoration, Paris, July 1931 (for an advertisement with the coffee pot)
Encyclopédie des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes au XXème siècle, New York, 1977, vol. V, pl. XXII
Puiforcat, 175 and de haute orfèvrerie, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1997, p. 44
Further details
This model was exhibited at the at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925 and at the Salon d'automne, Paris, 1926.
Brought to you by
Victoria Allerton Tudor
Vice President, Specialist, Head of Sale