#coronet.

[rainintheevening]

Peter is absolutely a horse and dog boy. Best rider in the family, makes friends with every dog he meets. Animals tend to settle around him, particularly herd/pack animals; they sense his strength and leadership, but also his kindness and gentleness. He loves to ride bareback, loves to go for a gallop; people think he's very regal on horseback.

Susan doesn't really like any particular animals. She does think foxes, horses, and deer are very pretty, and wants to look after babies. She's not a fan of messes and noises from creatures who aren't babies though.

Ed is a bird boy. Makes friends with the local corvid population, swaps trinkets with them, even gets some of them to carry messages. Definitely dabbles in carrier pigeons for a few years. Learns falconry. Rehabs a few injured birds. His nickname at university is Raven King.

Lucy loves all animals, but she is definitely a cat lady. Friend of bugs, birds, deer, dogs, and stray cats alike, she's always bringing little creatures home and fixing them up with food or medical care. She makes the acquaintance of every stray cat in every neighbourhood she lives in, gives all of them names, knows in a moment who the father(s) of a litter of local kittens are.

[mirths-lexicon]

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

1968 Dodge Coronet Superbee

[herpsandbirds]

Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini), family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Ecuador

photograph by Jorge Luis Cruz Alcivar 

[gentlemanmotorslifestyle]

[grandslambbqct]

1965 Dodge Coronet A990 426 HEMI 4-speed

[coolthingsguyslike]

[lowcountry-gothic]

Two Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) hummingbirds engaged in an exchange of ideas. Photo by Ignacio Yúfera.

[whereifindsanity]

[what-thisiscrazzzy]

“Sherlock Holmes pushed him down into the easy chair and, sitting beside him, patted his hand and chattered with him in the easy, soothing tones which he knew so well how to employ”

Dr John Watson on Sherlock Holmes, the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet

Adding to my evidence of sherlocks empathy and capacity to comfort the destressed

[cozydragonart]

Day 9, Coroneted Fruit Dove

[inky-duchess]

Fantasy Guide to the Coronet

A coronet is what you think of when you think of a crown. But Coronets aren't just worn by royalty but are also used by the nobility to denote rank during their ceremonies. The use of coronets have stopped becoming a regular occurance these days but provide an interesting WorldBuilding tool. Of course, if you're building your own world, you can use whatever symbols, colours and details you like, so don't forget to get creative.

So what's the difference between each one?

The Heir to the Throne

They will have a particular coronet, separate from their siblings. They will wear a half crown wrought of gold sporting single arch from front to back over a velvet cap trimmed with ermine.

Child of a sovereign (Princes and Princesses)

In England, they wear a gold coronet mounted with fleur-de-lis and crosses with no arches over a velvet cap trimmed with ermine.

Child of an heir apparent

A gold coronet mounted with strawberry leaves, crosses and fleur-de-lis over a velvet cap trimmed with ermine.

Child of a son of a sovereign

Their golden coronet consists of crosses and strawberry leaves over a velvet cap trimmed with ermine.

Child of a daughter of a sovereign

A gold coronet of fleur-de-lis and strawberry leaves.

Duke/Duchess

A silver-gilt coronet with eight strawberry leaves over a velvet cap trimmed with ermine. It's chased to look as though there's gems but there's no actual stones in the coronet.

Marquess/Marchioness

A coronet set with four strawberry leaves and four "pearls" (Not pearls but actually silver balls) over a velvet cap trimmed with ermine. These balls are set on points between each leaf. It's chased to look as though there's gems but there's no actual stones in the coronet.

Earl/Countess

A coronet set with eight strawberry leaves and eight "pearls" over a velvet cap trimmed with ermine. These pearls are set on raised points higher than the leaves. It's chased to look as though there's gems but there's no actual stones in the coronet.

Viscount/Viscountess

A coronet set with sixteen joining "pearls" over a velvet cap trimmed with ermine. It's chased to look as though there's gems but there's no actual stones in the coronet.

Baron/Baroness

A plain silver-gilt circlet, with six "pearls" over a velvet cap trimmed with ermine. It isn't chased.

[nettlesketches]

"Warden, are you all right?"

"Apologies. It seems my thoughts derailed for a moment there..."

(edit: emmet’s part here)

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

1970 Dodge Coronet Superbee

[herpsandbirds]

Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) and Velvet Purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini), males, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Colombia

photograph by Luis Gabriel Vinasco Sanchez

[scottpartridge]

Day 9 of #avianaugust is #coronetedfruitdove . #avianaugust2024 is hosted by @cookiedoves and has a #pigeon and #dove or #Columbiformes theme this year.