Medium
silver
Measurements
7.1 × 6.8 diameter
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1952
© Jean Puiforcat/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
punched in outside of upper rim: E (penknife) P (Mercury's head)
punched in outside of upper rim of base: JEAN PUIFORCAT PARIS 1937
Accession Number
1137-D4
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
With bands of relief.
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