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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 COFFEE SERVICE
BY CHRISTOFLE, PARIS; THE PERCOLATORS BY WISKEMANN, BELGIUM, FOR THE OCEANLINER NORMANDIE, CIRCA 1935
Comprising four percolators, a hot-water jug, four cream-jugs and a tray; the percolators of typical form, one larger; the covered hot-water jug cylindrical, with a curved handle and spherical finial; the cream jugs cylindrical with curved handles, one larger; the tray rectangular, with two spherical handles, each piece inscribed with the monogram CGT for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, marked on bases--tray 25½in. long, larger percolator 7¼in. high (11)
BY CHRISTOFLE, PARIS; THE PERCOLATORS BY WISKEMANN, BELGIUM, FOR THE OCEANLINER NORMANDIE, CIRCA 1935
Comprising four percolators, a hot-water jug, four cream-jugs and a tray; the percolators of typical form, one larger; the covered hot-water jug cylindrical, with a curved handle and spherical finial; the cream jugs cylindrical with curved handles, one larger; the tray rectangular, with two spherical handles, each piece inscribed with the monogram CGT for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, marked on bases--tray 25½in. long, larger percolator 7¼in. high (11)