In conjunction with fish we may perhaps consider the escallop which, as a charge, belongs to the earliest period of Heraldry. |
St. James the Greater has the escallop shell and staff of the pilgrim. |
Per pale sable and or, a cheveron between three escallop shells, all counterchanged. |
On the western side are the rose and escallop shell, badges of the Dacres and Nevilles. |
The badge of the Lords Dacre was an escallop united to a ragged staff, as in the margin. |
Gardens are sometimes bordered with escallop shells, which are neat enough but seem rather out of place among flowers. |