Lot Essay
Cf: Francoise de Bonneville, Jean Puiforcat, Paris, 1986, p. 254 (illustration of model)
DESIGNED BY JEAN PUIFORCAT CIRCA 1937, MANUFACTURED AFTER 1945
Details
'Trouville', an extensive dinner and table-service
Designed by Jean Puiforcat circa 1937, manufactured after 1945
Comprising:
- 12 large plates
- 1 soup tureen with cover - 12.5/8in. (32cm.) diameter
- 1 large round dish - 15.1/8in. (38.5cm.) diameter
- 2 large rectangular dishes - 27½in. (70cm.) long
- 1 large rectangular dish - 31½in. (80cm.) long
- 1 deep rectangular dish - 14½in. (37cm.) long
- 2 rectangular meat dishes with cover - 17¾in. (45cm.) long
- 2 rectangular meat dishes with cover - 19.5/8in. (50cm.) long
- 4 square vegetable dishes with cover - 13¾in. (35cm.) long
- 1 deep square vegetable dishes - 15¾in. (40cm.) long
- 1 tray - 19.5/8in. (50cm.) long
- 12 small bowls
- 4 bottle mats
- 4 sauce-boats
Cutlery:
- 24 forks - 7.5/8in. (19.5cm.) long
- 24 spoons
- 24 knives
- 24 forks - 7¼in. (18.5cm.) long
- 24 starter forks - 6.5/8in. (17cm.) long
- 24 fish forks
- 24 fish knives
- 24 small forks - 5.1/8in. (13cm.) long
- 24 oyster forks
- 24 snail forks
- 2 knives - 7.7/8in. (20cm.) long
- 24 butter knives
- 24 cheese knives
- 24 dessert forks
- 44 dessert spoons
- 24 sorbet spoons
- 24 coffee spoons
- 24 tea spoons
- 4 serving forks
- 4 serving spoons
- 4 oblong spoons
- 4 gravy spoons
- 4 salad spoons
- 4 carving knives
- 2 fish serving cutlery pieces
- 4 ladles - 11¾in. (30cm.) long
- 4 ladles - 10in. (25.5cm.) long
- 4 dessert servers
- 2 cake servers
- 2 pierced sugar-spoons
- 2 pierced servers
- 2 pairs of tongs
- 1 pair of sugar tongs
- 2 bottle-openers
Stamped Jean E. Puiforcat or Puiforcat France or Puiforcat Paris, French silver and silversmith poinçons. Each piece monogrammed. (527)
Designed by Jean Puiforcat circa 1937, manufactured after 1945
Comprising:
- 12 large plates
- 1 soup tureen with cover - 12.5/8in. (32cm.) diameter
- 1 large round dish - 15.1/8in. (38.5cm.) diameter
- 2 large rectangular dishes - 27½in. (70cm.) long
- 1 large rectangular dish - 31½in. (80cm.) long
- 1 deep rectangular dish - 14½in. (37cm.) long
- 2 rectangular meat dishes with cover - 17¾in. (45cm.) long
- 2 rectangular meat dishes with cover - 19.5/8in. (50cm.) long
- 4 square vegetable dishes with cover - 13¾in. (35cm.) long
- 1 deep square vegetable dishes - 15¾in. (40cm.) long
- 1 tray - 19.5/8in. (50cm.) long
- 12 small bowls
- 4 bottle mats
- 4 sauce-boats
Cutlery:
- 24 forks - 7.5/8in. (19.5cm.) long
- 24 spoons
- 24 knives
- 24 forks - 7¼in. (18.5cm.) long
- 24 starter forks - 6.5/8in. (17cm.) long
- 24 fish forks
- 24 fish knives
- 24 small forks - 5.1/8in. (13cm.) long
- 24 oyster forks
- 24 snail forks
- 2 knives - 7.7/8in. (20cm.) long
- 24 butter knives
- 24 cheese knives
- 24 dessert forks
- 44 dessert spoons
- 24 sorbet spoons
- 24 coffee spoons
- 24 tea spoons
- 4 serving forks
- 4 serving spoons
- 4 oblong spoons
- 4 gravy spoons
- 4 salad spoons
- 4 carving knives
- 2 fish serving cutlery pieces
- 4 ladles - 11¾in. (30cm.) long
- 4 ladles - 10in. (25.5cm.) long
- 4 dessert servers
- 2 cake servers
- 2 pierced sugar-spoons
- 2 pierced servers
- 2 pairs of tongs
- 1 pair of sugar tongs
- 2 bottle-openers
Stamped Jean E. Puiforcat or Puiforcat France or Puiforcat Paris, French silver and silversmith poinçons. Each piece monogrammed. (527)