Crest on Victorian Sheffield Salver

[davidross]

Please help identify this crest engraved on a Sheffield plate salver. The crest appears to be lion sejant erect (or sejant rampant) supporting a pillar. The pillar is topped with a crown. The monogram beneath the crest seems to be ACJ (or some combination of A, C, and J).

The salver has a British registry mark for 1863 on the underside.

Many thanks for any suggestions or leads.

[dognose]

Hi David,

They probably are pillars, or could they be cannons?



Trev.

[davidross]

Hello Trev

Thank you for a very speedy reply.

I thought Cullum a possibility, but was doubtful because of the crown, a cross at its peak, that tops the pillar (or cannon).

Could the crown have been added to the Cullum crest to distinguish a later branch of the family?

Cheers

David

[dognose]

Sorry David, I'm laying a false trail here, they are not cannons, but columns, according to Fairburns.

The descriptions given for Cullum are as follows:

Cullum, Suff., a demi-lion, ppr., supporting a column, or.

Cullum, Bart., a lion, serjent, or, between paws a column, ar., capital and base, gold. Sustineatur.

Source: Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland - James Fairbairn

No mention of a crown, I'm afraid.

Regards Trev.