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Crest on Victorian Sheffield Salver
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:33 am
by 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.
Re: Crest on Victorian Sheffield Salver
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:57 am
by dognose
Hi David,
They probably are pillars, or could they be cannons?
Trev.
Re: Crest on Victorian Sheffield Salver
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:55 am
by 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
Re: Crest on Victorian Sheffield Salver
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:08 pm
by 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.