PARIS 1939–1941 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 along the rims of the spouts and the central knobs. It consists of a large tray (61 cm x 40 cm), a kettle 41 cm tall, 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Henri GRANDJEAN Gross weight: 11,745 kg (wooden handles) Henri GRANDJEAN—a silversmith in 1900, whose license was revoked in 1910—resumed his career in 1939 and ended it in 1941, in the midst of World War II. Reference work: Rémi VERLET, Dictionary of Jewelers, Jewelry Makers, and Silversmiths in France, from 1850 to the Present.