No default posture.
No default orientation.
No default tincture.
See also: Staff in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.
A perforated disk with a long handle used to churn dairy products. Default orientation: found in period with handle to base. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Austrian State Archives (Crest of von Sonnberg, 1591). Artist: Unknown Illustrator. Adapted by Iago ab Adam.
Source: Austrian State Archives. (Crest of von Sonnberg, 1591.) Artist unknown. Adapted by Iago ab Adam.
A perforated disk with a long handle used to churn dairy products. Default orientation: found in period with handle to base. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Austrian State Archives (Crest of von Sonnberg, 1591). Artist: Unknown Illustrator. Adapted by Saewynn aet Cnolle.
Source: Austrian State Archives. (Crest of von Sonnberg, 1591.) Artist unknown. Adapted by Saewynn aet Cnolle.
A baton used as a sign of office for heralds. Default orientation: palewise. No proper coloration. Sometimes shown in saltire behind an escutcheon.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
A baton used as a sign of office for heralds. Default orientation: palewise. No proper coloration. Sometimes shown in saltire behind an escutcheon.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
A baton used as a sign of office for heralds. Default orientation: palewise. No proper coloration.
Source: Armorial Lorrain de la Première Moitié du XVIe Siècle (Page 165). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Armorial Lorrain de la Première Moitié du XVIe Siècle. (Page 165.) Artist unknown.
A baton used as a sign of office for heralds. Default orientation: palewise. No proper coloration.
Source: Armorial Lorrain de la Première Moitié du XVIe Siècle (Page 165). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Armorial Lorrain de la Première Moitié du XVIe Siècle. (Page 165.) Artist unknown.
A human man. Default posture: statant affronty. Proper coloration: only if skin tone is blazoned, sable hair.
Source: Zurich Roll. Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Zurich Roll. Artist unknown.
A tool for measuring angles used by surveyers, engineers, astronomers, and navigators. No default orientation. No proper coloration.
Source: The Armes of All the Cheife Corporatons (Arms of the Company of Plumbers). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: The Armes of All the Cheife Corporatons. Artist unknown. (Arms of the Company of Plumbers.)
A hardwood tree found throughout much of Europe, also called the Lime or Basswood tree. Default alignment: stem to base. Proper coloration: green leaves, brown trunk.
Source: Cod. Sang. 543 (Folio 1r). Artist: Kaspar Härtli. .
Source: Cod. Sang. 543. Artist: Kaspar Härtli. (Folio 1r.)
A walking stick with an attached hook. Default orientation: palewise, point to base. No proper coloration.
Source: A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry. Artist: James or Irene Parker.
Source: A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry. Artist: James or Irene Parker.
A walking stick with an attached hook. Default orientation: palewise, point to base. No proper coloration.
Source: English Heraldry. Artist: R. B. Utting.
Source: English Heraldry. Artist: R. B. Utting.
A walking stick, often drawn with an attached hook to support a bag. Default orientation: palewise, point to base. No proper coloration.
Source: Insignia Florentinorum (Arms of Bordoni, page 36). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Insignia Florentinorum. Artist unknown. (Arms of Bordoni, page 36.)
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr.
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr.
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: English Heraldry. Artist: R. B. Utting.
Source: English Heraldry. Artist: R. B. Utting.
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Scheibler Armorial (From the arms of Liechtenburg). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Scheibler Armorial. Artist: Unknown. (From the arms of Liechtenburg.)
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft (From page 273). Artist: Vigil Raber. . Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Wappenbuch der Arlberg-Bruderschaft. Artist: Vigil Raber. (From page 273.) Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Some Feudal Lords and Their Seals. Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Some Feudal Lords and Their Seals. Artist unknown.
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Schlesisches Wappenbuch (Page 129). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Schlesisches Wappenbuch. Artist unknown. (Page 129.)
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Donaueschinger Wappenbuch (Folio 31r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Donaueschinger Wappenbuch. Artist unknown. (Folio 31r.)
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Donaueschinger Wappenbuch (Folio 31r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Donaueschinger Wappenbuch. Artist unknown. (Folio 31r.)
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: BnF MS Allemand 304 (Page 224v). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: BnF MS Allemand 304. Artist unknown. (Page 224v.)
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: WappenWiki. Artist: Joakim Spuller. Adapted by Finellach.
Source: WappenWiki. Artist: Joakim Spuller. Adapted by Finellach.
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: WappenWiki. Artist: Joakim Spuller.
Source: WappenWiki. Artist: Joakim Spuller.
A staff capped with a fleur de lys. Blazoned a “Lilienstab” in German, or a “bâton fleurdelisé” in French. Default orientation: point to chief. No proper coloration.
Source: Scheibler Armorial (From the arms of Ramstein). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Scheibler Armorial. Artist: Unknown. (From the arms of Ramstein.)
A staff capped with a three-leafed clover. Default orientation: point to chief. No proper coloration.
Source: Scheibler Armorial (From the arms of von Freßach). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Scheibler Armorial. Artist: Unknown. (From the arms of von Freßach.)
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Stammbaum Kaiser Karls IV (Folio 68r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Stammbaum Kaiser Karls IV. Artist unknown. (Folio 68r.)
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Donaueschinger Wappenbuch (Folio 31r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Donaueschinger Wappenbuch. Artist unknown. (Folio 31r.)
A tree branch with side limbs lopped off. Default alignment: palewise. Proper coloration: brown wood.
Source: Stammbaum Kaiser Karls IV (Folio 68r). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Stammbaum Kaiser Karls IV. Artist unknown. (Folio 68r.)
A pole wrapped in two contrasting bands of cloth. Blazoned “a staff wreathed tincture and tincture.” May be positioned as an ordinary and blazoned “a fess wreathed tincture and tincture,” or “a pale wreathed…,” “a bend wreathed…,” etc.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
