A Set of Three Gilt-Metal-Mounted Crested Glass Decanters, Late 19th Century

A Set of Three Gilt-Metal-Mounted Crested Glass Decanters, Late 19th Century

in two sizes, each of flattened form with vertical flutes, the body engraved with the Wingfield-Digby crest of an ostrich holding a horseshoe in its mouth, the verso with a single flower, each above a tied laurel wreath, the shoulder engraved with grotesque masks supporting fabric swags, the hinged cover formed as a griffin head with red glass beads inserted at the eyes, with a gilt grooved mount at foot

heights 17 5/8 in.; 14 5/8 in.
44.7 cm; 37.2 cm

Provenance:
Pamela Harriman, née Digby (1920-1997)

by descent to her son Winston Spencer-Churchill (1940-2010)

by descent to his wife Luce Engelen Churchill (married 1997)