What Can I Do With My Coat of Arms? Part 13

So, libraries have books, and what other kinds of articles do you often find need of with your books? Or more specifically to our ends here, what other kinds of armorial articles do you need for your books?

A reasonably obvious one, of course, are bookmarks. Because you need to be able to find your place again, right? Have you ever thought about having or creating a bookmark with your heraldry (either your arms or, in the example below, your crest) on it?

And what other items, suitable for heraldic display, do you often find need of in your library?

Why, bookends, of course!

And bookends, as a form of armorial display, can take any of a number of different forms using several different media, as the four examples below will, I trust, adequately demonstrate.

Here we see, tooled leather armorial bookends:

Bookends covered with embroidered arms:

These bookends can be handmade and painted:

Or you can even go for full-metal castings with decorated shield and sword:

Here, too, there are as many different forms and styles as your imagination can invent. There are just about no limits as to what you might do!

Next time, we'll start looking at how to use your heraldry in the room that many consider to the the "Heart of the Home". Surprise, it's the kitchen!