"Puiforcat : 24 Piece Sterling Silver Flatware Set Art Nouveau Era - Moderne Foliage Pattern"
Exceptional sterling silver flatware set in the rare "Modern Foliage" pattern (No. 57 in the Puiforcat catalog of the time) by PUIFORCAT. Flatware set composed of its 12 large large forks and 12 large spoons, a total of 24 pieces with a particularly elegant and refined foliage decoration, with monogrammed spatulas. Minerva 1st Title Hallmarks (.950) and Hallmarks of Master Goldsmith Emile Puiforcat (Hallmark with the initials "EP" and a penknife) received in 1857. Cutlery set in the rare "Modern foliage" model by PUIFORCAT in very good condition, also revised and cleaned by our Goldsmith, and presented in a Box lined with red-vermilion chamois leather, micro-scratches from use. Model referenced several times in the reference work by Mr David Allan listing the most beautiful models of cutlery from French Goldsmithing of the 19th century (pages 116 and 385 ..)
Length / Weight of Forks : 21.2 cm / 1040.4 g
Length / Weight of Spoons : 21.8 cm / 1023.2 g
Weight of Flatware Set : 2063.6 grams
Total Weight with Box : 3075.8 grams
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