Besom

A handmade tool for sweeping floors, which we would today call a "broom."

No default posture.
No default orientation.
No default tincture.

See also: Besom in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

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Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Artist: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Source: Book of Traceable Heraldic Art. Illustration: Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.

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Default orientation: palewise, bristles to chief. No proper coloration.

Source: Opera Dell'arte Del Cucinare (Page 970). Artist: Unknown Illustrator.
Source: Opera Dell'arte Del Cucinare. Artist unknown. (Page 970.)

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Default orientation: palewise, bristles to chief. No proper coloration.

Source: The Tudor Pattern Book. Artist: Unknown Illustrator. Adapted by Owen Tegg.
Source: The Tudor Pattern Book. Artist unknown. Adapted by Owen Tegg.

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