JEAN-ÉMILE PUIFORCAT (1897-1945) (JEAN-ÉLISÉE PUIFORCAT, DIT) (MODÈLE DE) - PUIFORCAT PARIS ORFÈVRE Cannes, the model created in [1928], chosen by the artist for his marriage to Marta Estevez 124-piece silver set consisting of : - 12 large forks - 12 large spoons - 12 large knives; stainless steel blades - 12 fish forks - 12 fish knives; stainless steel blades - 12 dessert forks - 12 dessert knives - 12 dessert spoons - 12 coffee spoons - 6 dessert spoons - 1 ice-cream knife - 2 sauce spoons - 1 serving set (2 pieces) - 1 salad server (2 pieces) - 1 ladle - 1 fish serving set (2 pcs.) Five-ring ferrule. Each piece is marked PUIFORCAT France and bears the Master Goldsmith and guarantee hallmarks; the knife blades are marked JeanE.PUIFORCAT. Total gross weight :9.692,57 g Provenance : Private collection, Paris. Bibliography : - Collectif - Jean Puiforcat ; orfèvre sculpteur -Éditions Flammarion, Paris, 1951. Cannes-style cutlery reproduced on page 62. - Françoise de Bonneville - Jean Puiforcat - Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986. Cannes-style cutlery reproduced on page 253.