JEAN-ÉMILE PUIFORCAT (1897-1945) (JEAN-ÉLISÉE PUIFORCAT, DIT) MODEL DESIGNER - MAISON PUIFORCAT PARIS GOLDSMITH Annecy, the model created around [1930]. Very large 191-piece silver menagère composed as follows: - 24 large forks - 24 table knives - 12 large spoons - 24 entremet forks - 24 entremet knives - 12 dessert spoons - 12 fish forks - 12 fish knives - 12 butter knives - 10 small spoons - 11 mocha spoons - 2 salad servers (4 pieces) - 2 serving spoons - 2 sauce spoons - 1 small ladle - 1 fish serving set (2 pcs.) - 2 carving sets (4 pieces) Steel table and carving knife blades. The concentric circular part of each piece is engraved J.C. Post mortem edition. Each knife blade marked Jean E. PUIFORCAT, each carving set blade marked PUIFORCAT, all pieces bear the Master Goldsmith and guarantee hallmarks. Total gross weight:16.096g Provenance: Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine: Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine. Bibliography: - Collectif - Jean Puiforcat; orfèvre sculpteur - Éditions Flammarion, Paris, 1951. Identical model reproduced in this publication without pagination for the plates. - Françoise de Bonneville - Jean Puiforcat - Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986. Identical model reproduced on pages 108 and 251.