escallop
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The western arch capitals have, as decoration, the rose and escallop shell alternately—badges of the Dacres and Nevilles, who also may have been benefactors to the cathedral.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by C. King Eley
St. James the Greater has the escallop shell and staff of the pilgrim.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by J. A. (Jacob Asbury) Regester
The badge of the Lords Dacre was an escallop united to a ragged staff, as in the margin.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
This beautiful charge of the escallop, happy in its association with the pilgrims of the olden time, and always held in high esteem by Heralds, is generally drawn as in No. 165.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting
Per pale sable and or, a cheveron between three escallop shells, all counterchanged.
From Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
