Lot Essay
The design for these beakers is based on a Louis XIV gold beaker from the Puiforcat collection, now at the Musée du Louvre, illustrated 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.