Anyone good with family crests? Where to research?

I picked up some good silver pieces recently that have family crests on them. Most from the early to mid 1800’s. Not sure how I can go about tracing them to the family? Is there a good website for this? First one is a fish server from London, 1847. Very interesting dragon/griffin like creature with a crown. I would love to be able to place them with a name. Any advice appreciated. Of course I won’t complain if someone just tells me either but I do have a few more I need to figure out so if there is a good tool I would like to know.

 

There's a good book, I have it somewhere in my library ..I'll check

 

Found it. Here you go

 

Any chance you'd be able to look up the Wynyard family crest for me? https://www.antiquers.com/threads/eprouvez-heraldic-seal-fob.43231/

 

I knew the answer was gonna be there’s book you should buy .

 

Actually, looks like it might be in public domain
https://archive.org/details/fairbairnsbookof01fair/page/n5

 

Hey Owl....nice to see you drop by !!!

 

Good lookin out! After a quick scan it looks like you may need to know the name of the family and you can then find a description of the crest.

 

Thank you, Komokwa! Hope to post more stuff soon, once I find them.

 

You can also use CTRL-F to search the document for keywords, like gryphon or crown.

 

Oh that’s awesome!!!! I didn’t know that. In pdf format you can do that? Charging the old laptop now to try.

 

Yeah, it worked with me when I downloaded the PDF file

 

Awesome! CTRL-F didn’t work but I played around and Command-F did. Thanks again! Late now but I’ll be playing around with this tomorrow!

 

Glad you found and can read the online version.

 

Are you still unpacking, Barn?

 

I have Fairbairn's also and could check it later if searching the online version is unsuccessful or if blooey hasn't checked already. I rarely use it so it might be a challenge for me too

 

Been months since I've returned, unfortunately. Just no luck here. I miss going to flea markets so much. All I find where I live now is junk, and all the decent finds I've posted have been from Ebay.

 

Thanks I’ll be looking later. Any search terms anyone sees other than dragon, griffin, and crown? I’m not familiar with how a lot of this stuff is described.

 

That's a pelican in her piety (vuined) on a coronet...

~Cheryl

 

You’re awesome!

Wow, I kept thinking it was a bird and then the neck kept me thinking it wasn’t. I probably should have dug the piece out rather than just referencing my low quality image! Even cooler than discovering its the Stackpole crest is discovering the pelican in her piety. What a cool story however untrue it is! I never would have found it without knowing it was a “pelican in her piety”!!!

http://www.thewestologist.com/symbols/the-symbol-of-self-sacrifice

https://www.myfamilysilver.com/pages/crestfinder-crest.aspx?id=175926&name=Stackpole

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wik...the_Stackpole_family_(1920)_(14764054355).jpg