Jean-Élisée PUIFORCAT (1897–1945) - Lot 55

Lot n° 55
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Jean-Élisée PUIFORCAT (1897–1945) - Lot 55
Jean-Élisée PUIFORCAT (1897–1945) Lidded vase with a circular white crystal base cut into beveled facets and a high band adorned with a silver rim; domed silver lid featuring radiating grooves around a circular, hollowed-out jade pull tab. Master silversmith’s mark and hallmark on the lid and the band. Height: 15 cm – diameter: 22 cm / weight: 950 g Exhibition: A vegetable dish of the same design and with a very similar lid, but made entirely of silver, was presented at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925. History: The vegetable dish from the 1925 exhibition was donated by Jean-Elisée Puiforcat to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (inv. 25450.A) Bibliography: Françoise Bonneville, Jean Puiforcat, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986; a variant of our model is referenced and reproduced on p. 87. Please contact the auction house for condition reports.
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