TEN ASSORTED STERLING SILVER SERVING IMPLEMENTS, ALL ENGRAVED WITH DEMIHIND MOTIF FROM MENCKEN FAMILY CREST. Including Old Newbury Crafters hand-wrought stuffing spoon, large serving spoon, martini stirrer, pair tablespoons, and a serving fork; Gorham Co. medium serving spoon and gravy ladle; Georg Jensen two-tine olive fork; and a shovel form individual salt spoon. - Wt.: 22.2 troy oz. Estimate $300-500
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
