Details
Shaped circular with gadrooned rims, the borders engraved with a crest below a Baron's coronet, the wells later engraved with a coat-of-arms and the reverses with presentation inscription Jennie King Mellon / From / Sarah Cordelia Mellon / Christmas 1925, marked on reverses and with scratch weights
912 in. (24.1 cm.) diameter
169 oz. 18 dwt. (5,284 gr.)
Provenance
For Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield (1734-1810).
Later, a gift from Sarah Cordelia Mellon (1903-1965), later Sarah Cordelia Mellon Scaife upon her marriage to Alan Magee Scaife (1900-1958) in 1927, to her mother Jennie King Mellon (1870-1938).
Inherited by her grandson Richard Mellon Scaife (1932-2014) upon her death.
The Collection of Richard Mellon Scaife; Christie's, New York, 30 June-1 July 2015, lot 100.
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The crest engraved on the borders of the present lot is that of Harbord for Harbord Harbord, 1st Baron Suffield (1734-1810) of Gunton Hall, Norwich. The later coat-of-arms to the center is that of Jennie Taylor King Mellon (1870-1938) and her husband Richard Beatty Mellon (1858-1933).

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