Emile PUIFORCAT - Lot 219

Emile PUIFORCAT Large silver "Normandie" model menagère with CC numerals, including : -18 place settings -12 table knives -12 flatware knives -12 entremet knives -12 dessert knives -12 teaspoons -12 moka spoons -7 serving pieces (tart scoop, cream spoons, sugar tongs, ladle) Minerve hallmarks Goldsmith : Emile Puiforcat Gross weight: 8.320 g Original wooden trays signed in gilded letters "Puiforcat Paris". Note: Model created in 1935 and chosen by Compagnie Générale Transatlantique to equip one of the restaurants on the famous Normandie liner sailing from Le Havre to New York. Bibliography: Françoise De Bonneville, "Jean Puiforcat" Editions du Regard 1986, model reproduced p.247