I’ve known for quite some time that I wanted to replace my crest. The dog with the sword is just not sitting right with me anymore. I have some ideas already, but I thought it would be worthwhile to ask for some preliminary thoughts from the membership. Consider it a blank canvas…
Jeremy Keith Hammond;98612 wrote:
I’ve known for quite some time that I wanted to replace my crest. The dog with the sword is just not sitting right with me anymore. I have some ideas already, but I thought it would be worthwhile to ask for some preliminary thoughts from the membership. Consider it a blank canvas…
You could allude to the elements of your shield and use an escallop or a tower…
Use a honeybee, salmon, pine tree, or moose attires because you’re a Mainer…
Perhaps one of your grandfather’s fishing buoys?
How about a lobster (or some-such Mainer beast) holding a lozenge Argent charged with a cross quarter-pierced pale-wise Tenné and fess-wise Vert?
I, for one, am sad to see Kenobi go :(
http://amateurheralds.org/gallery/details.php?image_id=217
(that was his name, wasn’t it?)
A demi-man in a sou’wester and an oilskin coat holding one of your family’s buoys in one hand and a lobster in the other.
Kenneth Mansfield;98616 wrote:
A demi-man in a sou’wester and an oilskin coat holding one of your family’s buoys in one hand and a lobster in the other.
This would be complicated to draw, but very classic in a 17th-18th century way. I like it.
Here’s the COA for Penzance which features a similar figure as a supporter:
Kenneth Mansfield;98616 wrote:
A demi-man in a sou’wester and an oilskin coat holding one of your family’s buoys in one hand and a lobster in the other.
I like this a lot too - though not usually my style. I tend to prefer something that might have actually appeared on a medieval helmet ... but I’ll give this some thought.
Thanks everyone for the input so far. I’ve got a lot to think about.
