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The Vintners’ Company owned this coat of arms. With its history steeped in the City of London wine trade, three tuns, or large barrels, which were used for transporting wine, are depicted on the shield[i]. The Vintners’ company was…

The unusual “fish” shape is noticed first when looking at this counter. Armorial fishes were rare, produced exclusively between 1720 and 1740. Fish counters were among the first produced due to the single-sided crest and lack of scales.…

This service with the arms of Perceval was made either for Sir John Perceval or his son John Perceval. Sir John Perceval was MP for Cork 1703-15 and for Harwich 1722-34. He was appointed to first President of the state of Georgia in 1734 and…

This counter may have belonged to the Slater family based on the crest, which features an eagle sable rising out of a ducal coronet. The Slater family managed ships for the East India Company making voyages to Canton, China during the eighteenth…

This counter is unusual and rare due to the depiction of Napoleon’s House and Tomb as opposed to a Coat of Arms.[I] The exact date that this counter seems to be between Napoleon’s death and burial in St Helena in 1821 and when his body…

This counter has the full arms of Stewart on one side, and the crest of a pelican in her piety, a Christian symbol, on the other. The arms were made for a member of the Stewart family of Jedburg, Scotland, but it is unclear exactly whom the counters…

This counter was made for a member of the Tower family, identified by a tower in the center of the counter. Some arms closely resembled the family name as a pun and to quickly identify them. The detail of the counter makers is highly apparent in…