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Re-edition of
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Re-edition of
prestige pieces
In this same spirit, the maison continues today to reissue masterworks from past centuries, reviving their brilliance and anchoring this exceptional heritage within contemporary taste.
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Iconic golden chalice
Anne
d'Autriche
tumbler
d'Autriche
tumbler
The Anne d'Autriche tumbler is a masterpiece from the lifelong collection of silverwork assembled by Louis-Victor Puiforcat. It stands out among these precious objects forged for the crowned heads of Europe by the greatest silversmiths of past centuries, applying their remarkable savoir-faire.
Queen Anne of Austria, mother of Louis XIV, is said to have presented this solid gold chalice to one of her attendants, Anne Gaboury. We may never know if this tale is apocryphal. Nevertheless, the beaker remains a rare specimen of the golden tableware prized by 16th century monarchs.
Housed today in the Louvre Museum, it continues to inspire the House of Puiforcat, even serving as its emblem – the inspiration for the undulating silhouette featured on the logo derives from the play of light on the voluted furrows of the historic beaker.
A sizeable masterpiece
François Thomas Germain
tea & coffee set
tea & coffee set
Louis Victor Puiforcat, great collector of ancient silversmith pieces and owner of this coffee pot, asked the artisans in his workshop to duplicate the original piece and challenged them to imagine the other elements to form a complete set. He will baptize the set the “François Thomas Germain set” to pay tribute to the famous French silversmith.
The original piece made in 1755 by François Thomas Germain was sold to a private collection. There is a very close model on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The reproduction of the service by the Puiforcat workshop requires 2500 hours of work, 90 of which are devoted exclusively to the leveling of the tray by means of hammers and meshes.
Imperial lunch plate
Martin Guillaume Biennais
candydish
candydish
This outstanding set is the exact replica of a piece by Martin Guillaume Biennais, silversmith to the French emperor Napoléon Bonaparte.
The circular, flat-bottomed candy dish with four equally sized divisions arranged around a central section was used as a “lunch tray” on the battle fields by the famous French military and political leader.
The original piece was eventually offered by Bonaparte to one of his closest marshal, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, who eventually became king of Sweden and Norway in 1818.