PUIFORCAT - Lot 245

PUIFORCAT Louis XVI-style silver ice service consisting of a serving spoon and 12 ice spoons, for a total of 14 pieces. Decorated with leafy garlands and scrollwork ending in acanthus leaves (echoed on the clasp). The backs of the scoops bear the interlaced “GU” monogram. Vermeil scoops Minerva hallmarks, 1st title. Master silversmith’s hallmarks: (“EP” and a pocketknife) for Émile PUIFORCAT, admitted in 1857. Length of serving scoop: 28.4 cm Length of serving spoon: 22.6 cm Length of ice spoons: 14.3 cm Total weight of the set: 569 grams. In its black-leather-lined case from LEVERRIER Orfèvre, 30 Bv Malesherbes. Top marked with the initials “G.U” (as is). Case dimensions: 5.3 x 34.2 x 22 cm.