A FRENCH SILVER-GILT BEAKER
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A FRENCH SILVER-GILT BEAKER

MARK OF PUIFORCAT, PARIS, 20TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH SILVER-GILT BEAKER
MARK OF PUIFORCAT, PARIS, 20TH CENTURY
In the 17th century taste, tapering cylindrical, on stepped pedestal foot, the body with spiral flutes, finely engraved with a foliate motif, marked on base and rim
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high; 6 oz. (197 gr.)

Lot Essay

This beaker is based on a Louis XIV gold beaker from the Puiforcat collection, now at the Musée du Louvre, illustrated in Gérard Mabille, La Collection Puiforcat Donation de Stavros S. Niarchos au Département des Objets d'Art Orfèvrerie du XVII au XIX siècle, 1994, illus. pp. 25, 41, fig. 1.

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