Puiforcat Sterling Silver Soup Tureen

Maison Puiforcat, refined centerpiece in solid silver - Weight: 2 Kg 200 - featuring a Medici-shaped soup tureen with Empire-style decoration bearing the Puiforcat - Paris stamp & the 1st title solid silver hallmark & the hallmark with the initials EP for the master silversmith Emile Puiforcat. It rests on a circular pedestal chiseled with a guilloché decoration, the body is decorated with mascaron-shaped handles with the figure of Ceres crowned with laurel, successively bordered by a row of gadroons and pearls, motifs that can be found on the lid topped with a pine cone grip resting on a terrace decorated with acanthus leaves, fleurons and applied scrolls. Very good condition, dimensions 25 cm high X 28 cm wide X 24 cm diameter.

Today, Puiforcat silverware is a global reference in its field, its collections exhibited in the most prestigious museums in the world (the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York). Each piece is a masterpiece, a testament to the excellence of French silverware. The brand is particularly known for its Empire collection, elegant silver pieces inspired by the 19th-century style. The history of Puiforcat silverware is rich and closely linked to that of the city of Paris. The silversmith's shop, founded in 1820, has been run by five generations of the Puiforcat family.