Lot Essay
cf. F. de Bonneville, Jean Puiforcat, Paris, 1986, p. 252.
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A 177-PIECE 'BAYONNE' FLATWARE SERVICE, DESIGNED CIRCA 1924
Details
JEAN PUIFORCAT (1897-1945)
A 177-PIECE 'BAYONNE' FLATWARE SERVICE, DESIGNED CIRCA 1924
this service post-1973, sterling silver, stainless steel
comprising:
twenty dinner knives, twenty dinner forks, twenty soup spoons, twenty salad forks, twenty butter knives, nine demitasse spoons, twenty dessert spoons, twenty dessert forks, three cake servers, three fish serving knives, four sauce ladles, eight serrated serving spoons, four serving spoons, four serving forks, a carving fork and knife.
all stamped EP within a diamond and with quality mark, knives and serving spoons stamped JEAN E. PUIFORCAT
A 177-PIECE 'BAYONNE' FLATWARE SERVICE, DESIGNED CIRCA 1924
this service post-1973, sterling silver, stainless steel
comprising:
twenty dinner knives, twenty dinner forks, twenty soup spoons, twenty salad forks, twenty butter knives, nine demitasse spoons, twenty dessert spoons, twenty dessert forks, three cake servers, three fish serving knives, four sauce ladles, eight serrated serving spoons, four serving spoons, four serving forks, a carving fork and knife.
all stamped EP within a diamond and with quality mark, knives and serving spoons stamped JEAN E. PUIFORCAT
Special Notice
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