Jean-Emile PUIFORCAT also known as Jean Elysée PUIFORCAT (18 - Lot 150

Jean-Emile PUIFORCAT also known as Jean Elysée PUIFORCAT (1897-1945) - "Royan" model Important solid silver menagère hallmarked Minerve 1st title (925/oo). It comprises 302 pieces including : - 24 large spoons - 24 table forks - 12 snail forks - 18 fish forks - 12 fish knives - 18 ice-cream spoons - 13 salad forks - 18 dessert forks - 18 oyster forks - 12 lobster forks - 18 dessert spoons - 12 small spoons - 12 mocha spoons - 12 butter knives - 22 table knives with stainless steel blades and silver-plated handles - 18 dessert knives with stainless steel blades and silver-plated handles - 12 knives with silver blades and silver-plated handles - 27 serving pieces including : - 2 sauce spoons - 1 sauce serving spoon - 1 ice cream serving spoon - 1 small serving spoon - 1 small fish knife - 2 sprinkling spoons - 1 small serving scoop for entremet - 1 olive serving fork and 1 olive serving spoon - 2 serving knives with stainless steel blades and silver-plated handles - 1 strawberry scoop - 1 ragout serving spoon - 2 salad serving spoons - 1 fish serving fork - 1 asparagus tongs - 1 ladle - 1 pie server - 1 fish serving scoop - 1 cutting serving scoop - 1 carving knife with stainless steel blade and filled silver handle - 1 asparagus serving scoop - 1 serving scoop with silver blade and silver-filled handle - 1 oval serving shovel Master goldsmith : Jean Elysée PUIFORCAT for the PUIFORCAT company ART DECO period - Model created in 1934 Total net weight: 14.346 g Total gross weight of knives and handle parts: 4.030 g Presented in an oak silver case opening with 5 drawers on the front Some spatulas embellished with scrolled numerals Some table forks with slightly inclined tines Bibliography * Linking Le Havre-New York, the famous Normandie liner is the manifesto of Art Deco and its French artists, honored at the 1925 World's Fair. In the dining rooms of the first-class suites, tables are set with this timeless cutlery designed by Jean Puiforcat in 1934. * The Royan model is identical to the Normandie model created in 1934 for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. The Royan model in silver was used in the first-class restaurant on the Normandie liner between Le Havre and New York, while the Normandie model in silver metal was used in the other restaurants.