Puiforcat (active since 1820), Coffee and tea set

consisting of a coffee pot (H. 23.8 cm, W. 24.5 cm, D. 16 cm), tea pot (H. 19.6 cm, W. 23.5 cm, D. 15.4 cm), creamer (H. 11.4 cm, W. 12 cm, D. 7.4 cm) and sugar bowl (H. 15.8 cm, W. 14.5 cm, D. 12 cm);
sterling silver (950) partly gilded, hallmarked (hallmark of the assay office with Minerva's head and sample 1, goldsmith's mark with monogram - in rhombus), ivory; weight: 2900 g.
Paris, 4th quarter of the 19th century.
Pear-shaped vessels with bellies?with 3-faceted, with applied decoration in the form of a laurel garland with two medallions with engraved bound monogram LL, with the upper edge framed by a kimatone band; arched lids edged with a laurel half-rail, with a glazed rosette in the center, surmounted by full-plastic flowers on a branch; the spouts (of the teapot in the form of a spout, of the teapot and of the creamer triangular) decorated with full-plastic heads of goats; handles made of ivorine - the teapot baluster-shaped, set horizontally, the teapot and the creamer c-shaped; the sugar bowl's ears formed from acanthus leaves. The interior of the sugar bowl is gilded.
The company was founded in 1820 by Emile Puiforcat, his brother Joseph- Marie and uncle Jean-Baptiste Fuchs. In 1857, Emile and his uncle registered a feature that is still known today - a pocket knife between the letters EP. In 1892, Emile's granddaughter married Louis Victor Tabouret, who changed his name to Tabouret-Puiforcat in 1915; During this period, they mainly made table silver in historical styles, whose recipients were wealthy clients.