Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

Cob

Teazel's Cob §

A flowing plant similar to a thistle, with a spiny flowerhead covered in small hooks which were used as a comb to raise the nap of woolen fabrics.

Default orientation: stem to base. No proper coloration.

Source: The Book of Public Arms. Artist unknown. (Page 837, arms of the Waulkers Company of Edinburgh.)