The Herald and genealogist . 239 Mr. MuNGULDASS NuTHOOBHOY, of Girgaum House, Bom-bay, Is a banker in that city. He bears, Argent, a garb of rice,environed by two sickles interlaced, all proper; on a chief in-dented azure, between two bezants, a mullet or. Crest,—On vert an elephant statant, holding in his trunk a palm-branch, all proper, charged on his side with two mullets in fessor. The lower portion of this heraldic composition intimatesthat the prosperity of the grantee has arisen from his father andhimself havino; been laborious agriculturists: the bezants on thechief allude to h
The Herald and genealogist . 239 Mr. MuNGULDASS NuTHOOBHOY, of Girgaum House, Bom-bay, Is a banker in that city. He bears, Argent, a garb of rice,environed by two sickles interlaced, all proper; on a chief in-dented azure, between two bezants, a mullet or. Crest,—On vert an elephant statant, holding in his trunk a palm-branch, all proper, charged on his side with two mullets in fessor. The lower portion of this heraldic composition intimatesthat the prosperity of the grantee has arisen from his father andhimself havino; been laborious agriculturists: the bezants on thechief allude to his present profession as a banker; whilst thegolden mullet or Star of India indicates the sphere of hisexertions. It will be observed that in the insignia of the Orderof the Star of India, the Star is in the form—not of an heraldicEstoile, but of a Mullet, covered with 240
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