Jean E Puiforcat silver coffee jug

Description

Ca 1940 Paris silver small coffee jug/ large hot milk jug..

with rosewood handle and finial.Signed underneath with incuse punh “Jean E Puiforcat and with Paris mark of first standard. Makers mark of Puiforcat also on body. Lid has Paris mark only.

Height : 9.5 cm

Diameter of base :10 cm

Weight : 356 gram

Puiforcat served in World War I. After the war, he apprenticed as a silversmith and a designer. He lived in Paris. He designed in the art deco style. His silver work had smooth surfaces and was based on the geometric series. Ivory, onyx, lapis lazuli, and rosewood were used to decorate pieces. He also used gilding. Puiforcat left Paris and moved to Saint-Jean-de-Luz, around 1927. In 1928, he co-founded the Union des Artistes Modernes. He started designing tableware and by 1934 he also had designed liturgical silver. In 1941, he moved to Mexico. After his move, he started exhibiting in the United States.