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It isn't a family crest. It is a reproduction of the arms for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It shows the eagle of Poland and Vytis of Lithuania. The small escutcheon in the middle is for the Royal House of Vasa (or Wazowie). Kind regards.

No, no this is genuine sterling and a genuine coat of arms. An escutcheon of pretense is a small shield placed in the center of the larger shield, usually for the gentlemen's wife who was an heiress in her own right. Sometimes they would be placed side to side, called impalement. If you were Lord Dr...

I don't think it is unusual that the silversmith did not use the full achievement of the coat of arms. Whilst that would look good on a flat silver salver, or in full colour on stationery, or painted on a carriage door, this rococo piece makes the best use of the main shield in harmony with the desi...

Yes, a better picture would help. I can see that it is probably for Baron de Dunstanville and Basset. The first quarter is Bassett, the second is de Dunstanville, and the third is Fitzhenry. However I cannot see the fourth and it looks like there may be an escutcheon of pretense. The motto is Pro re...

According to The British Herald it is for SHIPMAN of Nottinghamshire. It is blazoned: a leopard sejant Argent, spotted Sable, reposing the dexter paw on a ship's rudder. That is to say a silver leopard sitting with black spots, resting his right paw on a ship's rudder. The monogram appears to be a m...

Documented to have been on a bookplate of Charles, Lord Elphinstone, (didn't mention if it was the 9th or 10th lord) in the Peerage of Scotland, and this same line became the Barons Elphinstone in the peerage of the UK. Kind regards.

I've been stymied by the flower. An arm in armor embowed is common, and the botanical choices were vast. I looked for rose, gillyflower, columbine, violet etc, and the many combinations of- in the hand, in the gauntlet, holding, grasping etc. Well done!

"It does not seem to be a crest, which is the top piece to a coat of arms. This is called a royal cypher, which is the initial or initials of a person or persons beautifully entwined and topped with a coronet signifying rank. In London the cyphers can be seen on phone boxes and palace gates. In...

It does not seem to be a crest, which is the top piece to a coat of arms. This is called a royal cypher, which is the initial or initials of a person or persons beautifully entwined and topped with a coronet signifying rank. In London the cyphers can be seen on phone boxes and palace gates. In Franc...

I have been stymied in my quest for the wife's half of this coat of arms, as seen on the viewer's right. The shield is Or (gold) a eagle displayed Sable (black). That is quite common and most of the texts are in French. Kind regards.

I believe these are the arms of RIQUETTI, the marquis de Mirabeau, and the motto is actually Juvat Pietas. Kind regards.

It could have been engraved with initials, then when it was too rubbed out (or sold) replaced with a crest, finally it was turned over and engraved on the other side. Some family cutlery is passed down with a dowry in the female line. It could be that a lady inherited the silver with her paternal cr...

I am inclined to think it is WOOD, but there are so many branches (ha, ha) to the family. I'm concentrating on the landed gentry in Ireland. It will be interesting to see what the others think.

That's MUNRO the Nova Scotia Baronets of Foulis. (Rosshire, 1631) An Eagle, close, proper. Kind regards.

That is an unusual crest, and nicely engraved. From the book British Crests by Alexander Deuchar, 1817; He lists this as belonging to HAY of Balhousie, Scotland. It is blazoned: A demi-man having a cap on his head, Azure, and holding over his shoulder the yoke of a plough, Gules. Renovate animo is t...

According to the General Armory this double crest of mitre and dove is for BARCLAY of Mathers in Kincardineshire, in Scotland.

The coat of arms is impaled for a husband and wife. On the viewer’s left, the husband’s arms are quartered; Gules (red) and Ermine (fur spots) with the first and fourth quarters containing a goat’s head. This is for MORETON or Morton, possibly of Little Moreton Hall near Congleton in Cheshire. On th...

Burke's General Amory, Fairbairn's Book of Crests, and Robson's British Herald, all give this crest to ANDERSON of Aberdeen. It is blazoned: a cross-staff erect, marked with the degrees of latitude. Motto: Per Mare. None of the references say what the degrees should be. As far as latitude inaccuraci...

It is very unusual that this posting has the exact picture from a topic in this Family Crest forum by paulh with the title Monogram deciphering, posted on Sun Oct 13, 2013. I had suggested this answer: "Perhaps it is Cyrillic alphabet for the letters A M Pe. The final letter being like the Gree...

It appears to be...out of a mural coronet a demi-lion rampant holding in the dexter paw an arrow. This seems to be the crest to the coat of arms for some of the branches of the WYATT family. (There may perhaps be others who use it.) Kind regards.