Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Thyrsus

See also: Thyrsus in Pictorial Dictionary of Heraldry.

A staff topped with a pinecone or similarly shaped finial, used as a symbol of Dionysus.

Default orientation: head to chief. Proper coloration: brown wood, wreathed vert.

Source: The Principles of Design. Artist: George Woolliscroft–Rhead.