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piteful mood, and certainly had a turn for punning. For on that gentleman's shield we find three leaves of the stinging-nettle boldly charged!
The Foresters bear bugle horns; the Trumpingtons, three trumpets.
Three eel-spears were borne by the family of Strathele, this being the old name given to a curious fork, set in a long wooden handle, and used by fishermen to spear the eels in mud.
The Graham Briggs charge a bridge upon their coat of arms.
A tilting spear was granted as his armorial bearings to William Shakespeare, which he bore as a single charge; a single spear was also borne appropriately by one Knight of Hybern.
As a last example of allusive arms, we may quote a comparatively modern example--viz., the coat of arms of the Cunard family.
Here we find three anchors charged upon the field, in obvious allusion to Sir Samuel Cunard, the eminent merchant of Philadelphia and the founder of the House of Cunard.
THE SHIELD--ITS FORM, POINTS, AND TINCTURES
Nothing is more fascinating in the study of heraldry than the cunning fashion in which it tells the history either of a single individual or of a family, of an institution, or of a city--sometimes even of an empire--all within the space of one small shield, by using the signs which compose its language. It is astounding how much information can be conveyed by the skilful arrangement of these signs to those who can interpret them.
For armorial bearings were not originally adopted for ornament, but to give real information, about those who bore them.
Thus every detail of a coat of arms has its own message to deliver, and must not be overlooked. Let us begin with the shield, which is as necessary a part of any heraldic achievement as the canvas of a painting is to the picture portrayed upon it.
It actually serves as the vehicle for depicting the coat of arms.
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