1935
French
Decorative Arts
Metalwork
silver, marble
Overall: 6 × 12 1/2 × 8 in. (15.24 × 31.75 × 20.32 cm)
85.296a-b
Not on view
Marks (on lip of lid): maker’s mark: E-penknife-P (for Émile Puiforcat but used by his grandson Jean), Minerva head. Marks (on one side, top center): Minerva head; (lower left): Minerva head . Marks (on other side, top right): maker’s mark: E-penknife-P; (lower left): Minerva head. Marks (on bottom center): J. E. PUIFORCAT/FRANCE
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
A similar piece was displayed at the International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques, Paris, 1937

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