| Plume of Feathers consists of three. If more, it must be expressed as a plume of such a number. The plume of five feathers is also termed a bush of feathers. Sometimes one plume is placed above another, it is then termed either a double plume, or a plume of two heights. If compossed of three rows, one above the other, it is termed a triple plume, or a plume of three heights, and should be composed of twelve feathers, of which five are placed in the bottom row, four in the nest, and three in the top row. If the quills are of a different tincture from the feathers the tincture must be named, and the feather is termed either quilled, penned, or shafted. The Badge of the Prince of Wales consists of a plume of ostrich feathers ar. quilled or, enfiled with a Prince's coronet of the last, with an escroll az, thereon the words "Ich Dien " in gold. See Panache. |