Jean Puiforcat - Design Day New York Thursday, December 13, 2018 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Christie's, Paris, "Arts Décoratifs du 20ème Siècle et Design," May 28, 2008, lot 363

  • Literature

    Françoise de Bonneville, Jean E. Puiforcat, Paris, 1986, p. 252

197

"Bayonne" flatware service

1924-1973
Sterling silver, stainless steel.
Largest utensil: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Executed by Puiforcat, Paris. Each impressed with goldsmith's hallmark EP and the Minerva guarantee hallmark. Knife blades further impressed Jean E. Puiforcat. Comprising 24 dinner forks, 24 dinner knives, 12 soup spoons, 12 forks, 12 fish knives, 12 dessert forks, 12 dessert spoons, 10 paring knives, 6 butter knives, 1 cheese knife, 2 fish servers, 12 oyster forks, 2 sauce spoons, 2 pastry knives, 4 dessert knives, 12 mocha spoons, 2 salad servers, 4 hors-d'oeuvre servers (total 165).

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000 

Sold for $65,000

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Design Day

New York Auction 13 December 2018