It may be best to photograph or sketch the crest and send it to the College of Arms, asking if they can identify it. chttp://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Enquiries.htm As to silver makers, there are a few of that time on this site: http://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/London-WE-WJ.html Good luck! On 29 Jan 2011, at 10:16, Giles Colchester wrote: > The Suffolk heraldic dictionary is organised in the "ordinary" system > adopted by Papworth. Thus to be able to look something up, it helps to use > their terminology. On the assumption that what you have called a tower is > actually a castle, there is no castle with a bird on top of it in Joan > Corder's book. > > One of the Turners has a chess rook as a motif, but no bird with it. > Nothing else under chess rook, looks likely. > > In respect of the silver marks, you will find them available on a website > somewhere. > > Wishing you every success in your researches > Giles Colchester, > Researching COLCHESTER family, any spelling, any time, any place > And PACKARD in Suffolk > > Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:41:15 -0800 > From: TRICIA <tricia.datene@shaw.ca> > Subject: [SFK-UK] Family Crests > To: SUFFOLK@rootsweb.com > Hello all, > I have a conundrum regarding a silver teapot I inherited from a Suffolk > ancestor. > The teapot is a Regency period design (King George IV), and is dated > 1822 and made in London. The maker mark is 'WF', but I can't find the maker. > It came to me from my Grandfather, who was a Holt-Wilson from Redgrave. > His mother was a Turner. Other family names were Hales, Pollard, and > Tong. The trouble is, I do not know which family the teapot came from. > The crest portrays a tower with a bird on top. I wonder if anyone > has a copy of "A dictionary of Suffolk crests : heraldic crests of > Suffolk families" or a similar book, and could look up a family crest > for me. I would appreciate any help with this. I have a picture of the > crest that I could send to anyone who is willing to help me. > Yours, > Tricia Daten? > Port Alberni, Canada > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Sacha Hubbard