Jean-Émile PUIFORCAT (active between 1883 and 1847) - Lot 414

Jean-Émile PUIFORCAT (active between 1883 and 1847) Silver sauceboat with attached tray and lidded vegetable dish (hallmark: Minerva) decorated with a rocaille pattern of leafy friezes; the handles are shaped like laurel leaves. The scalloped tray and lid are engraved with the coat of arms bearing the combined arms of Andoche Le Ray, Duke of Abrantès (Andrésy, July 1, 1870 – Saint-Cloud, February 12, 1953), lieutenant colonel and general councilor of Mayenne, and Nicole de Maigret (Epernay, August 10, 1878 – Saint-Cloud, May 24, 1957), married in Épernay on August 2, 1899. Net weight: 702.5 and 1,174 gr Total net weight: 1,876.5 gr Gravy boat dimensions: Height: 9 cm Length: 27 cm Width: 17 cm Vegetable dish dimensions: Height: 14 cm Diameter: 26 cm