Mortcour

Mortcour

Mortcour(so spelt, but qy. an error Mortarium, or fr. Mortier): a candlestick used at funerals. It occurs only in the insignia of the Company of WAX CHANDLERS. In some drawings the ornamental foliage accidentally resembles small snakes.

Azure, on a chevron between three mortcours argent as many roses gules(but another Azure on a chevron argent between three mortcours or as many roses gules seeded of the third barbed vert)--Company of WAX-CHANDLERS, London; Incorporated 1484. Arms granted by Holmes, Clarenceux, 1487.