JEAN-ÉMILE PUIFORCAT (1897-1945) (JEAN-ÉLISÉE PUIFORCAT, DIT) MODEL DESIGNER - MAISON PUIFORCAT PARIS GOLDSMITH Twelve-sided, the model created around [1923]. Rare silver tureen forming a table centerpiece. The faceted base rests on a stepped heel and is flanked by two articulated handles in carved aventurine; the silver attachments feature pleated motifs. The domed lid with fading edges; the fixed grip in carved aventurine; the silver attachments with pleated motifs. Early edition. The base is marked Jean E. PUIFORCAT - Paris on the reverse, and the base and lid bear the Master Goldsmith and title marks. Height: 22cm - Length: 40cm - Width: 26cm Gross weight: 4.916g Provenance: Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine: Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine. Bibliography: - Beaux-Arts - N°10 of June 1, 1923. Identical model with slight variations in grip attachments reproduced on page V. - Art et Décoration - June 1923. Model identical to the slight variations in grip attachments reproduced on page 184. - Gaston Quénioux - Les Arts Décoratifs Modernes - Éditions Larousse, Paris, 1925. Model identical to the slight variations in socket attachments reproduced on page 174. - Fernand David (preface) - L'Art décoratif français 1918-1925 - Éditions Albert Lévy, Paris, circa 1929. Identical model with slight variations in socket attachments reproduced on page 174. - Collectif - Jean Puiforcat; orfèvre sculpteur - Éditions Flammarion, Paris, 1951. Identical model with slight variations in socket attachments reproduced in this publication without pagination for the plates. - Françoise de Bonneville - Jean Puiforcat - Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986. Model identical to the slight variations in grip attachment reproduced on page 86.