Love this gable on the Flemish style former Cranton Tea Room on Buchanan Street in Glasgow, especially the sinuous fish on the city's coat of arms. Built in 1896, it was designed by George Washington Browne.
Recent searches
Search options
#CoatOfArms
0 posts0 participants0 posts today
It's not really about #Trump's social media mental vomit:
The #Danish #King changed the #Royal #CoatOfArms
Removed:
3 crowns, symbolizing the #KalmarUnion between #Denmark, #Norway, and #Sweden
Expanded:
the polar bear and the ram (#Greenland and the #FaroeIslands)
Denmark is giving up on the Kalmar Union (well, it's been 500 years) and embracing its #CommonWealth
#QueenMargrethe abdicated a year ago, and the new #KingFrederik has probably planned this for awhile
I like heraldry nerds but if you say you can't mix metals/colors I'm going to post the Kingdom of Jerusalem coat of arms at you.
Continued thread
After the Union of the Crowns at the start of the 1600s, James VI changed to these arms to a quartered shield containing symbols of Scotland, England and Ireland, supported by the Scottish Unicorn and the English Lion (with a slightly different version used in Scotland and England).
The ornate entrance to John Keppie's Glasgow Savings Bank at Parkhead Cross in the East End of Glasgow. Built in 1907, it includes a pre-Union of the Crowns Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland above the door, which features the lion rampant supported by two unicorns (the national animal of Scotland).
Cont./
Day 22: Botanical Beasts
Been thinking about doing this sticker for a while as horrified when I see books banned for nefarious purposes, little nod to something that would piss off those types that are doing it as well. Available on the shop. https://blockforest.etsy.com/listing/1811885995
Day 21: Zodiac
My take on Leo, thought it would be the best to do as it’s my sign. Generous, Loyal and Creative, but prone to over-exaggeration, drama and my own little tilt towards nihilism.
#leo #zodiac #starsign #star #constellation #heraldry #Halloween #October #drawingchallenge #animalart #MabsDrawlloweenClub #mdwc24d21 #coatofarms #everythingsucks #spooky #linocut #printmaker #prints
Prior to 1866, when it was first formalised as the one in the top left image, there was a surprising range of different versions of the Glasgow Coat of Arms (other 5 images). These all shared the common elements of the bird, the fish, the bell and the tree, but they varied in their relative positions, in the type of fish depicted, whether the fish was pictured alive (right way up) or dead (inverted), and whether or not there was a ring in its mouth.
A rather wonderful enamel coat of arms on the former National Bank of Scotland building on Saint Enoch Square in Glasgow.
I love this Art Nouveau style version of the Glasgow Coat of Arms on one of the buildings of the old Lambhill Street School in the Kinning Park area of the city.
The Metal Dog #TheMetalDogArticleList
#BraveWords
SABATON Holding Coat Of Arms Listening Party On YouTube Today
https://bravewords.com/news/sabaton-holding-coat-of-arms-listening-party-on-youtube-today
From the book I am currently reading, The Secret Lives of Color
In the 16th and 17th centuries the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus) was widely grown in the Essex town of Saffron Walden, thanks to the favourable soil and climate, and that industry gave Walden its present name. The town changed its coat of arms too, adopting a rather visual pun: three crocuses, surrounded by a stout wall, or saffron-walled-in.
The coat of arms of the National Commercial Bank of Scotland on a former branch on Gallowgate in Glasgow. The National Commercial Bank was established in 1959 by the merging of two older banks: The National Bank of Scotland, established in 1825, and the Commerical Bank of Scotland established in 1810. In 1969, the National Commercial Bank itself merged with the Royal Bank of Scotland.
The newest instance of the Glasgow Coat of Arms on the snout of the Beithir by Nichol Wheatley which was recently unveiled at the Stockingfield Bridge on the Forth and Clyde Canal.
Continued thread
It's great that this coat of arms has been preserved, but it's in a rather odd position at the base of a side wall where it's easily missed and it could have been placed in a much more prominent location.
A rather wonderful Glasgow Coat of Arms embedded in the wall of new flats built on the site of the 1920s Whiteinch Public Baths building.
The Art Deco style font used for the city's motto at the bottom is just so elegant, and I love the animal heads on either side, which I think are either seals or otters.
Cont./
#IrishInFinland video of said #Irish guy reacting to #Finnish municipal coats of arms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjLKiYXb4FY
Fish with antlers, a bleeding red harp, a pretty metal beaver holding an axe (and apparently beaver penis shown, too), what have you, but read the comments for once for more info.