A mid-20th century French Art Deco 950 standard silver table service of flatware / canteen, post-1941 by Jean Elysée Puiforcat (1897-1945)

Bayonne pattern, comprising;

18 table forks

9 table spoons

9 dessert forks

9 dessert spoons

9 fish forks

9 fish knives

9 ice cream spoons

9 coffee spoons

A sauce ladle

A pie server

With silver blades and filled silver handles:

9 dessert knives

A salad server

With steel blades and filled silver handles:

9 table knives (102)

Weighable silver – 5709 grams / 183.55 ozt

Designed in 1924, released from 1941

Literature: Françoise de Bonneville, JEAN PUIFORCAT, Editions du Regard, Paris, 1986, p.252 Gérard Sandoz, Objets Usuels, dans L'Art International d'Aujourd'hui, n. 14, éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, pl. 11

Purchased by the owner from a private collection Monte Carlo 1970’s

A 203-piece Bayonne service with place settings for twelve or more, was sold; Christie’s Paris, 14 Nov 2018, Lot 31 (€43,750 incl. premium)

A 203-piece incomplete Bayonne service was sold; Sotheby’s Paris, 29 June 2017, Lot 206 (€18,750 incl. premium)

A 177-piece Bayonne service with place setting for twenty, was sold; Christie’s New York, 10 June 2015, Lot 69 ($28,750 incl. premium)

A 165-piece Bayonne service with place settings for twelve, was sold; Sotheby’s Paris, 24 Nov 2010, Lot 26 (€46,350 incl. premium)

A 165-piece Bayonne service with place settings for twelve, was sold; Christie’s Paris, 28 May 2008, Lot 363 (€56,650 incl. premium)

A 195-piece Bayonne service with place settings for twelve was sold; Christie’s Paris, 16 May 2007, Lot 51 (€52,800 incl. premium)

A 92-piece Bayonne service with place settings for twelve, was sold; Christie’s Paris, 19 May 2005, Lot 25 (€40,800 incl. premium) A 121-piece service with place settings for twelve was sold; Christie’s New York, 18 March 1999, Lot 8 ($20,125 incl. premium)