SYMBOL |
REPRESENTS |
Anchor/ships |
Hope or seafaring profession |
Arches |
Victory in Death |
Arrows |
Mortality |
Bouquets/flowers |
Morning of life or renewal of life |
Broken column |
Loss of head of family |
Broken ring |
Family circle severed |
Bugles |
Resurrection and the military |
Butterfly |
Short-lived; Early death |
Candle being snuffed |
Time, mortality |
Cherub |
Angelic |
Coffin, Father time, Picks/shovels, Darts |
Mortality |
Corn |
Ripe old age |
Cross |
Emblem of faith |
Crossed swords |
High-raking military person |
Dove |
Innocence; Gentleness; affection; Purity |
Flying birds |
Flight of the soul |
Fruits |
Eternal plenty |
Full-blown rose |
prime of life |
Garlands |
Victory in death |
Hand of God Chopping |
Sudden Death |
Handshakes |
Farewell |
Harp |
Praise to the maker |
Hearts |
Soul in bliss or love of Christ |
Horns |
The Resurrection |
Hourglass |
Swiftness of time |
Hourglass with wings of time |
Time flying; short life |
Imps |
Mortality |
Ivy |
Friendship and immortality |
Lamb |
Innocence |
Laurel |
Fame or victory |
Lily or lily of the valley |
Emblem of innocence and purity |
Morning glory |
Beginning of life |
Oak leaves & acorn |
Maturity, Ripe old age |
Open book/Bible |
Deceased Teacher, Minister etc. |
Palm branch |
Signifies Victory and rejoicing |
Poppy |
Sleep |
Portals |
Passageway to eternal life |
Roses |
Brevity of earthly existence |
Sheaf of wheat |
Ripe for harvest; Divine harvest; time |
Shells |
Pilgrimage of life |
Stars and stripes around eagle |
Eternal vigilance, Liberty |
Thistles |
Remembrance |
Tombs |
Mortality |
Torch inverted |
Life Extinct |
Tree stump with ivy |
Head of family. Immortality |
Trees |
Life |
Trumpeters |
Heralds of the resurrection |
Urn with Blaze |
Undying friendship |
Urn with Wreath or Crepe |
Mourning |
Weeping Willow |
Emblem of sorrow |
Willows |
Earthly sorrow |
Winged Effigies |
Flight of the soul |