Lot 334
334
A SILVER AND FLUORITE COVERED TUREEN

Details
A SILVER AND FLUORITE COVERED TUREEN
DESIGNED BY JEAN E. PUIFORCAT IN 1926; MADE BY PUIFORCAT, POST-1973
Circular, the cover and sides chased with radiating flutes, the bowl with molded rim and circular foot, the cover set with a carved ring-form fluorite handle, marked -- 9 5/8 in. diameter
(54 oz.)

Lot Essay

An example of this design is illustrated in Françoise de Bonneville, Jean Puiforcat (Paris, 1986), p. 87. A smaller version was in the collection of Andy Warhol, sold Sotheby's New York, April 23, 1988, lot 58.