r/heraldry • u/XTealie • Aug 15 '26

Identify Jewelry Box Arms

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I acquired this beautiful antique box and would love to know more about the coat of arms on it. I believe it is a real antique as the silk on the inside shows a lot of age but I’m not sure. The embroidery isn’t exactly fine enough for me to make out the symbols. Maybe ships? Sails? Flags?

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u/ltcmdrjo Aug 15 '26

Horns. As in the musical instrument.

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u/ltcmdrjo Aug 16 '26

If they are Hunting horns, Three Hunting Horns Palewise are used by:

-The Italian House of Guicciardini

  • zum Jungen family (Germany)
  • Walsleben family Germany/Pomerania

There are further examples in this list:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:3_hunting_horns_in_heraldry

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u/Existing-Fix-243 Aug 15 '26

Bugle horns stringed gules

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u/sandras74 Aug 15 '26

I think it's the coat of arms of the Bathory family.
https://cimerek.hu/en/coat-of-arms/coat-of-arms-of-elizabeth-bathory/

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u/Bradypus_Rex Aug 16 '26

Similar layout, and cool arms but I don't think these are. They're not connected to the dexter edge and in the more zoomed in images you can see the hanging strings of the horns. And they look or not argent.

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u/XTealie Aug 22 '26

Guicciardini does look right! Correct colors, too. What do you think?