JEAN E. PUIFORCAT, DESIGNED CIRCA 1925

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A SEVEN-PIECE SILVER, GILT AND ROSEWOOD COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE
Jean E. Puiforcat, designed circa 1925
comprising an electric kettle, coffee pot, tea pot, creamer, sugar with lid, sugar, and tongs, with monogram LMW
electric kettle 8½in (21.5cm.) high
the tongs and the lids of the coffee pot, tea pot and sugar stamped with maker's mark and French export mark, the electric kettle lid stamped with the French export mark, all the bases stamped jean e puiforcat france saks fifth avenue
gross weight 168.6 oz. (5243 gr.) (7)

Lot Essay

cf. Françoise de Bonneville, Jean Puiforcat, 1986, pp. 118-119 for an illustration of the model with tray and covered sugar and without electric kettle and p. 123 for an illustration of the model with covered sugar and without electric kettle.

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