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Crest on dutch gallery tray Utrecht 1794
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:00 am
by silverfan
Hi all,
on my dutch gallery tray made by Jacob van Nieuwscasteel Utrecht 1794 there is a family ? crest with a motto "onward and upward". Does anybody know the origin?
Regards silverfan
Re: Crest on dutch gallery tray Utrecht 1794
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:08 pm
by nobilityhouse
Matthews' American Armoury (1907, page 56) attributes it to MORGAN, as in John Pierpont Morgan. The crest is a reindeer's head couped Or, attired Gules with the motto written in English as shown with a picture of the arms and crest. Crozier's General Armory/Registry of American Families (1904, page 94) lists similar information. New England Families, A Genealogical & Memorial Record (1915 Vol 1, page 24) lists the history of the family from Glamorganshire, Wales. Perhaps Dutch silver was easy to come by a few centuries ago in New York.
Re: Crest on dutch gallery tray Utrecht 1794
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:12 am
by silverfan
Hi nobilityhouse,
Thank you very much for your detailed answer. So the reindeer's head is the crest of the Morgan family coming from Glamorganshire in Wales to New England. In the internet I read that "onward and upward" is the motto of New York !?
Best regards silverfan
Re: Crest on dutch gallery tray Utrecht 1794
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:47 pm
by nobilityhouse
Well, just Upward. The motto is Excelsior, which seems perfect whether upstate in the mountains or down in Manhattan with the skyscrapers.