Gustav Beran, a three-piece silver service, “Paris”, Gerritsen & van Kempen, Netherlands. The service was awarded the “Diploma d'honneur” at the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris.

silver, repoussé, with vertical gadroons; handles and cover finials partly made of brown patinated wood; consisting of: a teapot with hinged cover (height 18.6 cm), a sugar bowl with cover (height 14.3 cm) and a milk jug (height 10.8 cm); undersides marked with maker’s mark and Dutch silver hallmarks; signs of age; total weight: 1,110.1 g. (MP) Literature: see httpss://blog. zilver. nl/wereld tentoonstellingen-ennederlands-zilver/#Christa_Ehrlich_versu sGustav_Beran. This silver service is stylistically in the tradition of the Wiener Werkstätte. Gustav Beran was head of the design department r. nl/wereldtent of Gerritsen & van Kempen from 1934 onwards.