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COAT OF ARMS
CREST
Silverware is often decorated with heraldic motifs.
Coat of Arms is a heraldic emblem that shows the
bearings of devices of a family or the branches of a family.
Usually it is engraved on the silverware, often on an escutcheon.
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The crest is a less expensive heraldic device inscribed in silverware to indicate ownership and may be common
to more than one family.
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