Digby Family Crest Hood Ornament

British/American, 20th century, silver plated ostrich with a horseshoe in its beak, 5 in.Note: Pamela Digby Churchill Harriman (1920-1997), was the daughter of the 11th ˜Baron of Digby.˜ She married Randolph Churchill, the son of Winston Churchill and gave birth to his grandson and namesake.˜ In 1971 she married W. Averill Harriman, son of a railroad baron, he was one of the founding members of Brown Brothers and Harriman.˜ Pamela became an influential political figure in the Washington DC in the 1980s and 1990s.Digby is a Anglo-Saxon family from County Lincolnshire that took its name from the old words "diche" and "byr" describing a dyke or farm settlement.˜Provenance: Sotheby's, May 19-21, 1997, Estate of Ambassador Pamela Harriman; A Private New York Collection
Condition Report: tarnish, some abrasions, lower beak chipped and resoldered, other typical surface wear