PAIR STERLING SILVER GOBLETS AND A STERLING TABLE BELL, ALL ENGRAVED WITH DEMIHIND MOTIF FROM MENCKEN FAMILY CREST. Goblets, H: 5 7/8"; bell, H: 4 1/4"; Goblets, wt.: 8.2 troy; bell, gross wt.: 1.8 troy oz. Estimate $150-250
PROVENANCE: This silver was presented to journalist and Baltimore Sunday Sun editor H.L. Mencken at the time of his 1930 marriage to Sara Haardt, a German-American novelist and professor, by the A.S. Abell Co. President and publisher of The Baltimore Sun newspapers. It descended to Mencken's brother August, then to William Schmick Sr., the publisher of Baltimore Sun at the time, and then by descent through the Schmick family.
The Mencken family crest can viewed here: https://www.my-coat-of-arms.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?Surname=Mencken
