Musket

Musket

Musket. The Musket is found amongst bearings as well as the Potgun, and the Pistol. They appear to have been drawn from the objects themselves. The Petronel, a kind of pistol used by the French, is given in heraldic books, but no case has been observed.

Gules, two muskets in saltire within a bordure argent; a chief or charged with a lion passant guardant of the field--GUNN.

Per fesse wavy gules and azure; [in chief] a lion passant gardant or, beneath the feet a musket lying horizontally proper; [the base] semy of fleurs-de-lis confusedly dispersed of the third--HOCKIN, co. Devon, 1764.

Sable, on a chevron erminois between three pistols or, as many roses gules barbed and seeded proper--HOPKINS, 1773.

Or, on a cross azure five pairs of pistols saltirewise of the first--TOULSON, co. Lancaster.

Per saltire azure and or a lion rampant guardant of the first on a canton argent two pot-guns azure(another sable)--GOLD.