A LOUIS XV STYLE SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND STAND

MARK OF PUIFORCAT, PARIS, 20TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV STYLE SILVER SOUP TUREEN AND STAND
MARK OF PUIFORCAT, PARIS, 20TH CENTURY
The tureen shaped oval on four scroll feet with rococo joins, the body applied with oak leaves and acorns and a vacant cartouche with supporters beneath a crown, with two leaf-clad reeded handles, the spiral fluted domed cover surmounted by an artichoke finial, langoustine, lizard, mushrooms and peapods, the shaped oval stand chased with fluting and applied with bellflower garland, the tureen fitted with a silver liner, marked on cover bezel, body, liner and stand, the finial apparently unmarked
The tureen 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) long; the stand 19 in. (48.2 cm.) long; 231 oz. (7195 gr.) (2)

Lot Essay

This tureen and stand are based on a 1761-1762 model by François Joubert, from the Puiforcat collection, now at the Musée du Louvre, illustrated in 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. 32, 54, fig. 24.

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