JEAN E PUIFORCAT (1897-1945) Eighteen-Place Setting "Monaco' Flatware Service designed...

JEAN E PUIFORCAT (1897-1945)
Eighteen-Place Setting "Monaco' Flatware Service
designed 1925
Sterling silver, in a fitted mahogany chest
comprising:
36 dinner forks
36 dinner knives
18 lunch knives
18 lunch forks
18 fish knives
18 fish forks
18 soup spoons
18 dessert spoons
18 fruit knives
18 ice cream spoons
18 teaspoons
8 pastry servers, 4 serving spoons, pair of gravy ladles (2), pair of salad serving forks (2), pair of salad serving spoons (2), pair of large serving trays (2), each piece monogrammed, with maker's mark and French mark for first standard silver, trays stamped 'JEAN E. PUIFORCAT PARIS MADE IN FRANCE' (254 pieces total)
cabinet height 14 1/4in (36cm); width 23 3/4in (60.5cm); depth 15 7/8in (40.5cm); trays 17 3/4 x 11 3/4in (45 x 30cm)
approximate total weighable 824oz (23,360 grams)
Literature
Jean Puiforcat, Françoise de Bonneville, Edition du Regard, 1986, p.250 (model illustrated)