Description
PARIS 1939–1941
An imposing 950°/°°, complete with its kettle, burner stand and tray with integral handles, as impressive for its size as for its architectural design featuring panels resembling Doric columns edged with rows of pearls – a recurring detail around the rims of the spouts and the central knobs. It comprises a large tray (61 cm x 40 cm), a kettle 41 cm high, a coffee pot, a teapot and a milk jug.
Minerva hallmark
Silversmith: Henri GRANDJEAN
Gross weight: 11,745 kg (wooden handles)
Henri GRANDJEAN – a silversmith in 1900, struck off the register in 1910, resumed his career in 1939 and ended it in 1941 in the midst of the Second World War.
Reference work consulted: VERLET, Rémi, *Dictionary of Jewellers, Jewellery Makers and Silversmiths in France, from 1850 to the Present Day*.
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