Vine

Vine

Vine, (fr. vigne): the vine is frequently represented in later arms, sometimes with and sometimes without the fruit, and very frequently also the leaves and the fruit, i.e. a bunch or cluster of grapes separately. When blazoned proper the leaves should be vert, the fruit purpure. The bunch of grapes should always be represented hanging, i.e. with the stalk in chief. The French use the term cap de vigne when the lower portion is shewn, with leaves and bunches of grapes(grappes or raisins), and pampre when only a branch of the vine is shewn with leaves, but generally without fruit. The term pampré of such a tincture refers to the leaves; fruité, to the grapes; the échalas is the vine-stick, by which the dwarf vines, chiefly cultivated abroad, are supposed.

Argent, a vine growing out of the base leaved and fructed between two popinjays endorsed, feeding upon a cluster of grapes all proper--WINCHESTER, Scotland.

Argent, a vine with leaves and fruit proper, over all on a bend sable three escallops of the first--LEVINZ, co. Northampton.

Gules, a man's arm couped and embowed, the hand holding a branch of vine fructed, leaved and slipped all proper--CORNEILLES.

Or, three vine leaves vert--ARABIN.

Argent, a chevron between three bunches of grapes proper--BRADWAY, co. Gloucester.

Argent, a bear's head proper holding a bunch of grapes in its mouth between three torteaux; a chief gules--BEARSLEY, Coventry; granted 1730.

D'argent, à un cep de vigne de sinople[entortillé autour d'un echalas du même et] fruité de deux grappes de sable planté sur une terrasse du même mouvante de la pointe de l'écu, et surmonté d'une etoile d'azur--De LESSEPS, Bayonne.

D'argent, au cep de vigne, pampré et terrassé de sinople, fruité de gueules, soutenu d'un échalas de sable--GUYON, Normandie.

De sable, au cep de vigne, chargé de ses pampres, et soutenu d'un échalas de sable--LA TREICHE, Normandie.

De gueules, au pampre d'or feuillé de sinople--Ville de DIJON.

D'or, au chevron de gueules accompagné de trois raisins d'azur--OLIER-NOINTEL.