A PAIR OF FRENCH 20 KARAT GOLD BEAKERS
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A PAIR OF FRENCH 20 KARAT GOLD BEAKERS

MARK OF PUIFORCAT, PARIS, 20TH CENTURY

Closed14 October 2016

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A PAIR OF FRENCH 20 KARAT GOLD BEAKERS
MARK OF PUIFORCAT, PARIS, 20TH CENTURY
Spirally-fluted and engraved with foliage, marked near rims and on bases
3 7/8 in. ( 10 cm.) high; 16 oz. 10 dwt. (523 gr.)

Specialist note

The design for these beakers is based on a Louis XIV gold beaker from the Puiforcat collection, now at the Musée du Louvre, illustrated Gérard Mabille, La Collection Puiforcat Donation de Stavros S. Niarchos au Département des Objets d'Art Orfèvrerie du XVII au XIX siècle, 1994, illus. pp. 25, 41, fig. 1.