A FRENCH SILVER-GILT SOUP-TUREEN, COVER AND STAND

A FRENCH SILVER-GILT SOUP-TUREEN, COVER AND STAND
MARK OF EMILE PUIFORCAT, PARIS, 20TH CENTURY
In the Empire style, circular with two handles cast as female masks, on spreading foot, the detachable cover with fruiting finial, the stand circular with mirror plate, marked on foot, near rim, on cover bezel and on stand
The stand 11¾ in. (30 cm.) diameter
The tureen and cover 75 oz. (2,322 gr.)