FOUR-PIECE STERLING SILVER COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE, GORHAM CO., EACH PIECE ENGRAVED WITH DEMIHIND MOTIF FROM MENCKEN FAMILY CREST.made in 1929. Urn-form vessels with circular pedestal feet; pots have swan's neck spouts; domed covers. Including coffee pot, tea pot, creamer, and open two-handle sugar bowl. - Coffee pot, H: 11"; wt.: 76.8 troy oz. Estimate $1,000-1,500
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.
See the Mencken family crest can viewed here: https://www.my-coat-of-arms.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?Surname=Mencken
