Dauphin Island, Alabama

 
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03 November 2008 08:05
 

From the Wikipedia the Arms of the Town of Dauphin Island in Mobile County, Alabama.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Dauphin_island_crest.jpg/150px-Dauphin_island_crest.jpg

 

The Wikipedia article includes the following on the Arms:

 

"On the top is the historic Ft Gaines with two cannons (one facing North and one facing South) which represents Dauphin Island’s part in America’s Civil War of the 1800s. The boat is a shrimping vessel which represents the livelihood of many of the residents of the island and the Dolphin is a mammal seen quite often in the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile bay waters surrounding the Island. The birds are Pelicans which are numerous around the island and the entire Gulf coast. The Fleur de Lis represents France (1699-1764). The sailing ship is a Spanish Galleon (1781-1813). Both countries were very influential in settling the area."

 
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03 November 2008 09:13
 

It looks like they made a good faith effort at balance—heraldically, historically, and visually.

 
 
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03 November 2008 10:15
 

And the dolphin has the added benefit of being a cant.

Does the article discuss the actual colors of the achievement?

 
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03 November 2008 11:05
 

There is a watermark version of the arms on the city’s website. The image is 600x800, so I’ll just post a link…CLICK HERE.

 
 
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03 November 2008 12:05
 

If someone can blazon it….

 
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03 November 2008 12:17
 

Michael Swanson;64207 wrote:

If someone can blazon it….


I can almost do it, but I’m not sure how to describe the position of the fishing boat, nor how to describe pelicans whose wings are at different positions of flight.

 
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03 November 2008 16:39
 

David E. Cohen;64203 wrote:

And the dolphin has the added benefit of being a cant.

Does the article discuss the actual colors of the achievement?


No I have quoted what there was about the Arms in the Wikipedia Article.

 
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05 November 2008 01:31
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05 November 2008 07:07
 

Thanks for the colour picture, Guy!

 
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05 November 2008 09:19
 

It seems to me that a good heraldic artist could easily turn this into an acceptable coat of arms.  Not a good coat of arms—the quartering and clutteredness preclude that—but an acceptable one.  Even as is, it’s better than a lot of other towns’ efforts.

 
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05 November 2008 11:38
 

arriano;64208 wrote:

I can almost do it, but I’m not sure how to describe the position of the fishing boat, nor how to describe pelicans whose wings are at different positions of flight.


What I would do is say that the fishing boat is "in trian aspect to sinister" and that the pelicans are "diversely volant."  I think this would come pretty close, at least.

 
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05 November 2008 12:26
 

Daniel C. Boyer;64251 wrote:

What I would do is say that the fishing boat is "in trian aspect to sinister" and that the pelicans are "diversely volant."  I think this would come pretty close, at least.


I wonder if these precisions are really necessary. I would not be surprised if the arms were adopted with only a general description (as in the Wikipedia article), not a true blazon. The positions of the shrimp boat and the wings of the pelicans may all be simply (unfortunate) artistic license. Something in a more traditional heraldic style might a perfectly legitimate alternative emblazonment of these arms.

 
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05 November 2008 12:49
 

Daniel C. Boyer;64251 wrote:

What I would do is say that the fishing boat is "in trian aspect to sinister" and that the pelicans are "diversely volant." I think this would come pretty close, at least.


Left to my own devices, I would ignore the basically non-heraldic elements that Daniel is attempting to blazon here.  These are the things that make this not a good coat of arms.  I’d switch the third quarter to "Or upon a base wavy Azure a shrimp boat proper, in base a dolphin embowed Argent" and the fourth quarter to "Azure three pelicans volant Argent."  The different wing positions and the perspective view of the boat are part of what makes this a picture and not a coat of arms.

 
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