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FAMILY CREST:
ALDERSON

The crest description is "from behind a a mount, vert, thereon a branch of alder, the sun rising".

The crest was found on three "Old English Feather Edge" tablespoons hallmarked London, 1805, by Thomas Wallis II (Free 3 Feb 1779; died 10 Jun 1836.)
courtesy Charles C. Cage



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family crest: ALDERSON silver tablespoons hallmarked London, 1805, by Thomas Wallis II hallmark on silver tablespoons hallmarked London, 1805, by Thomas Wallis II




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