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AN IDENTICAL TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE IS ILLUSTRATED IN FRANCOISE DE BONNEVILLE, JEAN PUIFORCAT, PARIS 1986, P. 135 AND138/139.
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A FRENCH SILVER AND BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD FOUR-PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE AND TRAY
DESIGNED BY JEAN PUIFORCAT IN 1937 AND MADE BY PUIFORCAT, PARIS, POST-1937
COMPRISING TEAPOT, COFFEE POT, COVERED SUGAR BOWL AND COVERED CREAM JUG; EACH OF CYLINDRICAL FORM, THE STRAPWORK LOOP HANDLES AND COVERS APPLIED WITH A BAND OF ROSEWOOD SCALLOPS, WITH BAYONET-FITTED COVERS, THE COFFEE POT AND TEAPOT HANDLES APPLIED WITH CAFE AND THE; THE OBLONG ROSEWOOD TRAY WITH FITTED CUT-OUTS FOR EACH PIECE, THE SILVER LOOP HANDLES APPLIED WITH SIMILAR WOOD SCALLOPS, EACH PIECE MARKED--HEIGHT OF TEAPOT AND COFFEE POT 5 3/8IN. (13.7CM.); LENGTH OF TRAY 34IN. (86.3CM.)
(GROSS WEIGHT EXCLUDING TRAY 61 OZ.)
DESIGNED BY JEAN PUIFORCAT IN 1937 AND MADE BY PUIFORCAT, PARIS, POST-1937
COMPRISING TEAPOT, COFFEE POT, COVERED SUGAR BOWL AND COVERED CREAM JUG; EACH OF CYLINDRICAL FORM, THE STRAPWORK LOOP HANDLES AND COVERS APPLIED WITH A BAND OF ROSEWOOD SCALLOPS, WITH BAYONET-FITTED COVERS, THE COFFEE POT AND TEAPOT HANDLES APPLIED WITH CAFE AND THE; THE OBLONG ROSEWOOD TRAY WITH FITTED CUT-OUTS FOR EACH PIECE, THE SILVER LOOP HANDLES APPLIED WITH SIMILAR WOOD SCALLOPS, EACH PIECE MARKED--HEIGHT OF TEAPOT AND COFFEE POT 5 3/8IN. (13.7CM.); LENGTH OF TRAY 34IN. (86.3CM.)
(GROSS WEIGHT EXCLUDING TRAY 61 OZ.)