The arms are, per pale Azure and Gules, on a pale Or, between four heraldic roses. Argent, Seeded Or and Barbed Vert, a lion rampant per fesse of the second and first. Crest, out of a Marquis Coronet, an armed arm, the hand holding a sword, all proper. Supporters, on the dexter side, a Lion. Gules, having on a helmet surmounted with a plume of three ostrich feathers, sable, and on the sinister side a Lion Sable, with helmet and plume of the Ostrich feathers argent. The lion, in the coat of arms, signifies that the ancestor to whom it was granted, was commander in a victorious engagement with an enemy. The coronet, in the crest, denotes the rank he held. The arm, in tire armor, indicates that he had overcome a foreign Knight, by the sword. The plumed helmets, on the Supporters, being the badge of the principality of Pistoja, now a part of Tuscany, Italy. The inference is the victory was gained against that place. It Is about 100 mi. S. E. of Genoa. (this graphic was produced for Cornelia Dockstader Fonda in about 1940 by Mr. Short, Johnstown Jr High art teacher, who made it from available graphics and heraldic descriptions.) View Coat of Arms Transparent Image