Caldron (Heraldry)

Coat of arms with caldrons (House of Guzmán)

In heraldry, a caldron (also known as cooking-pot) charge can be frequently found in the coats of arms of prominent Spanish nobility. This is related to a tradition of king granting a pennon and caldron (Spanish: peñon y caldera) upon admittance to the upper crust of nobility, the ricohombres.^[1][2][3] Woodward & Burnett suggest to count the caldron among the military charges, as pennon was related to the ability of a noble to raise and lead troops, and caldron represented the ability to feed them.^[2]

Caldron frequently issues multiple serpents (also can be interpreted as eels^[4]),^[5] forming the so-called Spanish: caldera gringolada.

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• Woodward, John; Burnett, George (1892). A treatise on heraldry British and foreign : with English and French glossaries. 1. Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston. OCLC 1158009054. https://archive.org/details/treatiseonherald00wooduoft. 
• Rines, G.E. (1909). The United Editors Perpetual Encyclopedia: A Library of Universal Knowledge Combined with an Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language. 26. United editors association. https://books.google.com/books?id=ex7XTszs_CoC&pg=PP306. Retrieved 2023-12-21. 
• Dillon, J.T. (1788). The History of the Reign of Peter the Cruel, King of Castile and Leon. 1. W. Richardson. https://books.google.com/books?id=oFZKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA43. Retrieved 2023-12-22. 

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