Use/Display of Personal Arms?

 
David Pritchard
 
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19 September 2011 21:48
 

gselvester;87756 wrote:

....... I had my coat of arms (shield only) engraved on the upper side of the base of the chalice.


Dear Father,

 

Who did you have do the engraving? Would you be so kind as to post an image of the engraved arms as I would love to see the chalice and the engraving.

 
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28 September 2011 12:18
 

I have the chalice handy since I used it for Mass yesterday on the anniversary of my ordination and will use it this evening again for Mass on this anniversary of the day I said my first Mass. The same company who refurbished the chalice, Adrian Hamers, did the engraving. They specialize in church plate and they do not undertake work for non-clergy.

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/2091/img0983un.jpg

The chalice itself with a cross engraved on the base

 

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/3011/img0990c.jpg

My arms engraved on the opposite side of the base

 

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/9982/img0994zk.jpg

close-up (and out of focus I’m afraid)

 

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My father’s wedding ring attached to the underside of the base beneath the place where my arms are engraved. You can also see the engraving marking the chalice as originally belonging to Fr. Cletus, OSB who was ordained in 1921.

 
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28 September 2011 13:49
 

Father, thank you for posting pictures of your chalice.  I love the engraving of your arms plus your father’s wedding ring added to it.  The whole thing is quite beautiful.

 
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28 September 2011 15:52
 

painted on vellum, printed on exlibris, engraved on 3 differents signet rings on 2 handseals, done on several models of china, printed on a banner,  EVERYWHERE wink

 
Andrew Stewart Jamieson
 
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28 September 2011 17:54
 

I have my arms on a signet ring and a painting by myself and Ronny Andersen and soon to have one by my very good friend Ioannis. Baz Manning did a House sign for me many moons ago. I also painted a full size shield for my son.

Wish list: Ce and I want some armorial porcelain by Xavier de Andeville,

I would like a Medvedev, a Ferguson, a Foppoli and eventually a banner.

 

Regrets: Not to have had my dear departed friend Daniel de Bruin produce the bookplate we often discussed or get Anthony Wood to paint my arms, however this is offset by the wedding gift he gave me of the arms of Sir John Tiptoft KG.

 
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29 September 2011 12:28
 

Guy,

A beautiful chalice!  Love the engraving and especially appreciate the way your have memorialized your father (an excellent, and very personal, reminder of the communion of saints while celebrating the mass).  How many years ordained is it now?

 
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30 September 2011 01:44
 

Fourteen years. Though, it seems like fourteen months at times and at others like forty-four years!

 
Claus K Berntsen
 
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08 January 2012 12:14
 

My banner, sorry for the poor quality (used my iPhone, but it’s not easy getting good pictures indoors in poor lightning).

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Kelisli
 
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08 January 2012 19:00
 

Very nice, Claus.  Who produce it for you?  Can you share a link?

 
werewolves
 
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08 January 2012 19:35
 

Wow that’s great Claus, I’m jealous.

 
Richard G.
 
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Richard G.
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09 January 2012 01:47
 

Splendid Claus! I’d be also interested in knowing where it was created.

 
Claus K Berntsen
 
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09 January 2012 04:15
 

It was made by Halmstads flaggfabrik, http://www.flaggfabriken.se/, here in Sweden. Their prices are very reasonable.

It’s drawn by Ronny Andersen, who supplied me with a print-ready PDF-file.

 
Andrew Stewart Jamieson
 
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09 January 2012 12:58
 

Very nice banner Claus !

 
Luis Cid
 
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Luis Cid
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09 January 2012 14:07
 

Very beautiful Claus. Where do you hang it?

 
Claus K Berntsen
 
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09 January 2012 14:55
 

At the moment, it’s just standing in my sitting room, waiting for me to decide on a more permanent place for it…