Jean PUIFORCAT (company 1820-1945), Mass chalice with paten

silver partly gilded sterling silver (950), hallmarked (hallmark of the assay office with the sample, goldsmith's mark with the EP monogram in a rhombus, JEAN PUIFORCAT PARIS FRANCE);
Dimensions of chalice - height 16.5 cm, diameter 13.2, paten diameter 16.2 cm; weight 750 g.
Paris, 1930s.
Plain chalice on a circular, slightly arched foot, with a conical stem, in the lower part decorated with six overlapping and increasing towards the top flat rims, with a nodus in the form of a ring decorated with pearlwork, with a bell-shaped sphere, gilded inside. Patena plain, supported on a low foot in the form of a rim, decorated with granulation.
Founded by Emile Puiforcat, his brother and uncle J. B. Fuchs in 1820. In 1857, Emile Puiforcat and his uncle registered a feature that is still known today - a penknife between the letters EP. In 1892, Emil's granddaughter married Louis Victor Tabouret, who changed his name to Tabouret-Puiforcat in 1915. In 1927, his son Jean (1897-1945) took over the company. He fundamentally changed the styling of the products, henceforth characterized by simplified, geometrized lines inspired by art déco. Jean Puiforcet was a skilled sculptor and designer, including co-founding the Union des Artistes Modernes. He used the traits of the company's founder. He is considered the greatest French goldsmith of the art déco style. He died in 1945.