The plaques are painted with acrylics on reclaimed wood (birch I believe) that served many years as shelving in a closet. My son’s naturally wanted a heater shape but my daughter balked at the idea and opted for the lozenge.
Front of Plaques
Reverse of Plaques
Right Edge of Plaque
Left Edge of Plaque
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This is the profile image of a twitter feed called @TwitterDC which seems like it might be for Twitter corporate employees and activity in the DC area.
Obviously a modern take on the arms of Washington D.C. and of course George Washington.
When you think about it, small profile icons are an ideal place for this sort of thing.
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I must admit I had no idea who Ms. Olcutt-Bickford was. Here’s a Wikipedia page about her:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vahdah_Olcott-Bickford
There are a number of other heraldic bookplates in the collection, including a few of Americans Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth, Samuel W. Bowne, Philip E. P. Brine, etc.
]]>So my dear wife, Maria, is pregnant with our first child, which (obviously) has put me in a heraldic frame of mind. I’ve been reading about and musing on methods of inheritance and cadency. To be honest, I’m not loving any of the traditional approaches. I was hoping that I might post some of my notions and ideas here and get some feedback from the more experienced folks.
The original plan was to pass on an undifferenced shield and, when the tyke was old enough to express his/her own preference, have them pick a unique crest. For a variety of reasons, mostly due to a preference not to pass on overt religious symbols, I’ve been leaning toward making some changes.
What I’ve been thinking recently is to combine some elements of my coat of arms with my wife’s to create a new shield altogether. So far as I’ve seen in my research this method doesn’t seem to have any proponents, at least in a formal way, in reality. But, I figure that it reinforces the the spirit of one-man-one-shield while still representing the family ties that have become so important to users of heraldry in the modern era.
In any case, here are some of the things I’ve come up with.
My wife and I with my preferred version of the baby’s shield
My wife and I with her preferred version of the baby’s shield
Some other variations on the same theme
For completeness, An undifferenced shield and with a label of three.
I would love any reactions, either to the notion of creating a new shield for my progeny rather than following one of the more traditional methods of cadency. Or to the design ideas I’ve put forward thus far.
Cheers!
]]>I wanted to reply to a comment from another thread, but it was off topic, so I’ve started a new thread…
Mike McCartney wrote:
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...So just as the general customs and practices of English society generally were retained here where (but only to the extent) they were not inconsistent with the small-r republican values that distinguish us from the Brits, likewise our heraldry.
Here, even the upper levels of our resident colonial society were mostly commoners; colonial nobility was generally limited to the occasional colonial Governor with a peerage title who came, served their time, and returned to the UK; and the odd baronetage.
The Revolution and independence further pruned any nobiliary entitlements and trappings in our society, and therefore in our heraldry. While many of our founders used arms, almost none of them were nobles (peers) - the only one I can think of was "Baron" von Steuben (whose title was apparently iffy) but when he asked Congress to recognize his title after the war, they politely declined the request as being incompatible with a republic. Thus our nearly universal custom among those whose role in our founding might warrant emulation was arms with no nobiliary trappings. And any titled immigrant seeking citizenship was (still is AFAIK) required to renounce that title as a condition of naturalization; and thus also any heraldic references to the renounced nobiliary status.
And of course any requirement or expectation that arms be officially granted or regulated - never really enforced in colonial times - totally disappeared with independence.
That was the pruned version of English heraldry that set the norm for American heraldry…
Hi Mike,
I’ve always been interested and intrigued in your views on this topic. Do you mind if I ask for an example just to be sure I understand your position correctly?
The example I have in mind is the 5th Earl of Wharncliffe, Richard Alan Montagu-Stuart-Wortley (b. 1953). He is a construction foreman from Connecticut/Maine who inherited the title back in 1987 when his cousin in the UK died. I have no idea what arms the 4th Earl used, but I would guess the achievement contained a shield, peer’s helm, crest (or crests), coronet, supporters and motto.
Hypothetically, if you were in Richard’s position and inherited the title Earl of Wharncliffe, what elements would you retain in your achievement and which elements would you avoid using? Would you just use the shield, crest, motto and helm? And, if so, what type of helm?
Thanks very much!
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THE ARMORIAL REGISTER - INTERNATIONAL REGISTER OF ARMS
http://armorial-register.com/arms-us/garrison-bs-arms.html
US HERALDIC REGISTRY
http://usheraldicregistry.com/index.php?n=Registrations.20141214B
]]>So I thought I’d throw it out to the group here to bat around some ideas. My initial thought is to have the arms created for her father.
The surname is Esmale. The family is Filipino. Her father is a fisherman. They live in Bislig on the island of Mindinao. My fiancee is one of eight daughters (no sons).
I thought a coat of arms that incorporates fish or fishing and maybe based on Spanish heraldry since the Philippines were a Spanish colony for 300 years and their surname is Spanish in origin. But that’s about as far as I’ve gotten in the process.
]]>I’ve read the ruling from the College of Arms regarding the marshalling of arms of English individuals in same sex marriages (http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/resources/same-sex-marriages). Can anyone tell me what practices exist in other jurisdictions regarding the marshalling of arms of individuals in same sex marriages? I’ve read that in Canada it is left up to the two married armigers to decide whose arms are to be dexter, and whose arms are to be sinister…but I don’t know if this is accurate. And what about Scotland or the United States?
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