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What do you call when one figure is holding the shield in its paws? --Error 29 June 2005 01:25 (UTC)

I believe that supporters are assumed to be holding the shield unless otherwise specified. If their hands are holding something else then that is described in the blazon. For instance, if a man on the right of the shield was holding a sword in his hand furthest from the shield it might be described as "On the sinister a man holding in the exterior hand a sword" and his other hand is assumed to be on the shield. --NormanEinstein July 6, 2005 19:58 (UTC)

You seem to just be getting at that in British heraldry a singular supporter is basically impossible, and the phenomenon is extremely rare elsewhere. But the figure would be called a "single supporter". --Daniel C. Boyer20:59, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There are a few examples of single supporters in British heraldry but it's certainly true that they are otherwise almost exclusively European particularly German and Italian.Alci1212:50, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Should some mention be made of that Scottish family from the Western Isles whose single supporter was (is?) a ship, with the arms borne on the sail?195.92.40.49 (talk)14:26, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what family that is. You could write something about it, if you have a credible source.Arms Jones (talk)08:07, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What is the basis for this statement? (Cite?) --Daniel C. Boyer20:59, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The word "supporter" must for sure be used more commonly throughout the world as a term to describe people who supports sports teams, especially football ("soccer") supporters. I think it's pretty obvious that there should be another article with the word "supporter", instead of just mentioning that there is a much more usual usage of the word outside the United States.edit by81.230.100.189 (talk) at 15:13, 25 August 2006

There is ahatnote leading to the appropriate article.Arms Jones (talk)08:07, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

"supporters were not part of medieval heraldry. They first become fashionable towards the end of the 15th century"

The fifteenth centuryis mediaeval... --46.208.122.73 (talk)09:14, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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