Heraldry, Shield Shapes

This ClipArt gallery offers 11 illustrations of various shapes of shields that are used in coats of arms and heraldry.

"The escutcheons of maiden ladies and widows are painted on a lozenge-shaped shield." -Hall, 1862

"The Norman pointed shield is generally used in Heraldic paintings in ecclesiastical buildings." -Hall,…

A curvy bouche heraldic shield with a base division.

A heraldic bouche-shaped shield with a base division.

A couche heraldic shield with a base division.

A curvy bouche shield with a per pale division.

"The best known heraldic shield is that called the heater-shaped, a type common during the thirteenth…

A bouche shield with a decorative trim and a per pale division.

A pointed heraldic shield with a base division.

A spiked bouche heraldic shield with a per pale division.

A tournament shield.