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A similar tea service from the Normandie is illustrated in Bruno Foucart et al., Normandie, New York, 1985, p. 135
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AN ELEVEN-PIECE SILVER-PLATED TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE
BY CHRISTOFLE, PARIS; THE PERCOLATORS BY WISKEMANN, BRUSSELS, FOR THE OCEANLINER NORMANDIE, CIRCA 1935
Comprising a coffeepot, a teapot, two percolators, a hot-water jug, two cream jugs, three small trays and a large tray; the coffeepot of flaring cylindrical form with a wooden side handle, the domed cover with bead finial; the teapot and hot-water jug cylindrical with curved handles, the hinged flat covers with spherical finial; the cream jugs cylindrical with curved handles; the small trays rectangular with canted corners; the large tray rectangular with spherical handles, each piece inscribed with the monogram CGT for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, marked on bases--tray 25½in. long, coffeepot 9¾in. high, small trays 10in. long (11)
BY CHRISTOFLE, PARIS; THE PERCOLATORS BY WISKEMANN, BRUSSELS, FOR THE OCEANLINER NORMANDIE, CIRCA 1935
Comprising a coffeepot, a teapot, two percolators, a hot-water jug, two cream jugs, three small trays and a large tray; the coffeepot of flaring cylindrical form with a wooden side handle, the domed cover with bead finial; the teapot and hot-water jug cylindrical with curved handles, the hinged flat covers with spherical finial; the cream jugs cylindrical with curved handles; the small trays rectangular with canted corners; the large tray rectangular with spherical handles, each piece inscribed with the monogram CGT for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, marked on bases--tray 25½in. long, coffeepot 9¾in. high, small trays 10in. long (11)