[ANSTHRLD] Please help with this device

[Bridgid of Kincairn]

Thank you Alden. The submittor did say that he had been help0ed at MidSummer
Faire, but could not remember who helped him with it. I was very much hoping
that the barley on the white wourldn't be a problem. I like the design very
much, it is nice and simple. The submittor will be happy to know this too.
Now I just need to work on conflict checking it.
Bridgid



> Dejavu - I originally helped this submitter at Gate's Edge's Midsummer
Fair.
>
> Quarterly vert and argent in pale a barrel proper and two barley stalks in
> saltire Or.
>
> I'd be a little concerned about the gold barley on the white quarter, but
it
> should be ok as the quartered field of a metal and a color is considered
> neutral.  As for the black band on the barrel, that's just an artistic
> license I think.  A barrel proper would be brown (wood), but the metal
> banding isn't a major component of the design, so while it could be drawn
> on, it could be just as easily colored brown too.  The major element of
the
> barrel is the shape - (_).  I vaguely recall a device that was "Per pale
> argent and sable a lightning bolt bendwise sinister Or" and when I
> questioned the gold lightning on the white side of the field I was given a
> similar explanation of why it was ok.
>
> I think you could also tincture the barley as proper (as opposed to Or)
and
> it'd still be a golden color, but it would simplify the blazon a bit to
be:
> Quarterly vert and argent in pale a barrel and two barley stalks in
saltire
> proper.
>
> In service,
> Alden
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bridgid of Kincairn [SMTP:bridgid at zamigo.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 4:00 PM
> > To: heralds at ansteorra.org
> > Subject: [ANSTHRLD] Please help with this device
> >
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> > Greetings everyone,
> >
> > I have a question about a device. Below is a very crude computer and
mouse
> > drawn picture of the device. The blazon to the best of my ability is:
> >
> >     Vert and Agent quarterly, a barrel ermine (brown) with two barley
> > stalks crossed beneath the barrel Or.
> >
> > I know that is not a very heraldic blazon, but at the moment that is the
> > best I could do. Please help me with the correct blazoning.
> >
> > I do have a concern about the gold barley on the white quarter and the
> > black band on the brown barrel. Am I correct in thinking that the barrel
> > is exempted from the black-on-brown rule because this is it's natural
> > coloring?
> >
> > Thank you for any and all help you can give me regarding this blazon.
> > Lady Bridgid of Kincairn
> > Herald StoneBridge Keep
> >
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