Jean-Elisée PUIFORCAT (1897 - 1945). Timbale out of plain silver 950 thousandth (Minerve mark), with cylinder posed on a truncated base, the handles in wing with rectangular grips of rosewood. Signed. Art Deco period. Height : 8,2 cm 8.2 cm - Diameter : 6.6 cm - Gross weight : 164 g The house of Puiforcat was founded in 1820 in Paris, by the joint will of the brothers Emile and Joseph-Marie Puiforcat and their cousin Jean-Baptiste Fuchs. Crossing the 19th century, this dynasty of goldsmiths found its brilliance with Jean Puiforcat (1897 - 1945) who seized the modernist revolution in flight and froze it in his silver productions. Lamps, cups and teapots now follow the geometric lines of his designs and accompany the social elite of the Roaring Twenties. We will mention, for example, the sacred vases of the chapel of the liner Normandie or his numerous collaborations with the artists of the Union of Modern Artists.