27-11-2020, 08:08 PM
Interesting indeed, Who was this guy? Montaron, Montarose, Montaross?
Clearly this is his heraldic achievement.
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And his supporters are mermaids. They have the mirrors and the combs, and they are doing their hair. And they also have fish tails. So they are not snakes.
A search for 'heraldry mermaid supporters' produces about a dozen images. And pretty much all of them are on the job, They are being supporters - not off combing their hair. None of them are combing their hair and none of them are in tubs. So this is the really unusual point - it's the tubs. It's 1763.
It would seem, if the tubs have any traditional reference, that the Melusine mythology was still active at that point.
Clearly this is his heraldic achievement.
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And his supporters are mermaids. They have the mirrors and the combs, and they are doing their hair. And they also have fish tails. So they are not snakes.
A search for 'heraldry mermaid supporters' produces about a dozen images. And pretty much all of them are on the job, They are being supporters - not off combing their hair. None of them are combing their hair and none of them are in tubs. So this is the really unusual point - it's the tubs. It's 1763.
It would seem, if the tubs have any traditional reference, that the Melusine mythology was still active at that point.