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Centrepiece

Centrepiece
 1937

Medium
silver, silver-gilt, Rosewood
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1952
© Jean Puiforcat/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
silver, silver-gilt, Rosewood
Measurements
22.6 × 18.6 cm diameter
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
punched in outisde of upper rim: E (penknife) P (Mercury's head)
punched in outside c.: JEAN PUIFORCAT PARIS 1937
Accession Number
1134-D4
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1952
© Jean Puiforcat/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Bell-mouthed, set on four cylinders with heavy bands of silver-gilt, base "bois des Iles".

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