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