"Puiforcat Set Of Six Fruit Knives"
SUITE OF SIX FRUIT KNIVES in solid silver (950 thousandths), mother-of-pearl stock handles, flowered ferrules and silver blades.Hallmarks :
- French Minerve 1er titre mark (950/1000).
- Master silversmith mark EP, a pocketknife, for Émile PUIFORCAT (1857-1883).
Gross weight, 336 gr.
Condition report
Some chips on the sleeves, probably present from manufacturing.
PUIFORCAT
Émile PUIFORCAT is the founder, in 1820, of the famous Maison PUIFORCAT, one of the most prestigious and luxurious goldsmith's houseswich will also be, thanks to the talent of Jean PUIFORCAT, member of the fourth generation who worked during the Art Deco period, a legendary company at the forefront of modern goldsmithing.
Émile PUIFORCAT registered his mark in 1857.
Heis located at 18 rue Chapon in Paris, in the 3rd arrondissement.
The silversmith died in 1883 but his hallmark was used by his successor until 1927.
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