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HERALDRY IN SILVERWARE
FAMILY CREST:
DOUGLAS

Douglas of Killhead, Baronet.

The crest is described as "A human heart, gules (red), bezantée (a heraldic term, for a form of decoration, resembling circular discs, to a division or field contained in a coat of arms), imperially crowned, and winged, or (gold)."

The crest is engraved on an unmarked Old Sheffield Plate salt cellar.

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family crest: DOUGLAS unmarked Old Sheffield Plate salt cellar



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