Pyrographed Fox Box
Shield Maidens and their charges with Apollonia's device
(front)
A version of the maidens
appear on a shield shield by the
British Museum. As my household's symbol is a dragon, I could
not resist using the maiden with the dragon. I altered the maiden
with the lion with a bit of freehand drawing. Do I even need to tell
you what animal I replaced it with?
The maidens are surrounded by
a border of interwoven branches from a 14th Century chasuble orphrey held
at the Victoria & Albert Museum. |