€300 - €600
A VERY GOOD QUALITY FRENCH SILVER LOUIS XVI STYLE JUG, finely crafted piece has a beautiful wooden scroll shaped handle with a foliate decorated roundel to the handle joint, the jug with gilt interior has leaf detail beneath the spout and is raised on a circular graduated base. In excellent condition, hallmarked: Minerva mark to the right of the handle, indicating sterling silver, and the maker’s mark of EP to the left of the handle standing for Émile Puiforcat, the name Puiforcat is also impressed to the underside of the base. Dimensions: 12 x 12 x 6.5cm (H x W x D). Weight: 216grams total. (including handle)
More About the Maker: The name Puiforcat is renowned in Paris and beyond. The firm was founded in 1820 by Émile Puiforcat who worked predominantly as a cutler in the Marais district of Paris. In 1857 the company’s hallmark was registered: composing of a diamond shape centred by a pocketknife flanked by the initials E and P as can be seen in this lot to the left of the handle. It was towards the late 19th century and into the 20th that the company began to move into high end silversmithing.
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