PUIFORCAT. Important CRB monogrammed menagère in 950 ‰ silver by Puiforcat , Papyrus model, partly preserved in its 6 original trays.
The menagère is composed as follows and respects the composition per tray:
18 table forks
2 salad servers
18 small spoons
36 table knives, signed metal blades
16 table forks
18 table spoons
1 hors d'oeuvres or candy set, which should be composed of 4 pieces (one piece missing)
18 pieces of fish cutlery
1 fish scoop
2 foie gras or terrine scoops
18 dessert sets
9 cake forks
8 ice-cream scoops
1 sugar tongs
18 dessert knives, silver blades
18 cheese knives, signed metal blades
2 serving utensils
2 cake knives, signed metal blades
Also included, from the same housewife, various loose silver pieces:
1 cream ladle, 2 sauce spoons, 18 gilt silver coffee spoons, a small fork and 3 cake forks.
Total number of pieces: 271
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M.O: Puiforcat (hallmark E P and a penknife for different)
Paris, c.1935. Minerve hallmark, 1st title.
Designed in 1929 by Jean-Elisée Puiforcat ( 1897-1945), the papyrus menagère is inspired by the papyrus stem, while the triangular spatula evokes the Nile delta.
Weight of weighing pieces: 12158 g
Total weight: 17655 g
Estim. 8,000 - 10,000 EUR