Case

Jean Puiforcat

1897 - 1945

Case

signed JEAN E. PUIFORCAT, stamped with the maker's mark EP, with the Minerva's head (along the rim), stamped 648 PUIFORCAT PARIS (along the rim to one side), stamped 648 (along the rim to the other side), and stamped with the maker's mark EP, with the Minerva's head (to the inside)

silver, lacquer, jade and lacquered pearwood

3 by 19 by 10 cm. 1⅛ by 7½ by 4 in.

Designed circa 1930.