Émile PUIFORCAT - Lot 777

Émile PUIFORCAT Important Renaissance-style silver household set, spearhead model, three-lobed spatula decorated with scrolls and fleurs-de-lis, figured, finely engraved with ribbon-shaped letters, including thirty large spoons, seventy-two large forks, twenty-four flatware sets, spoon and vermeil-plated fork, seventy-one large knives, silver-filled handle, stainless steel blade, twenty-four dessert knives, silver-filled handle, stainless steel blade, one fish serving knife, silver-filled handle, silver blade and fork, one fruit or syrup ladle, vermeiled spoon, two cream ladles. Minerve First Title Master-smith : Émile PUIFORCAT Weight of silver pieces: 10,396 g Gross weight of fish cutlery: 339 g Gross weight of knives with filled silver handles: 6,425 g Total gross weight: 17,160 g ML Used condition, slight settling of some knife handle bases, minor rust stains on the bolster of the knives, wear to the vermeil. Set in an oak box with brass spandrels and retractable handles, containing four and a half removable trays and two half fixed trays. Missing escutcheon and split, fabric fastener on trays missing 220 pieces