Dimensions: Arms Quarterly 1 & 4 argent three crescents 2. On a fess cotised two roundels [fountains] 3. A bend engrailed sable in sinister chief an escallop Crest An arm in armour embowed holding a sword Helmet of an esquire Motto quantum in rebus inane
Possibilities for Identification:
Fairbairn’s Crests: Odell, Herbert Francis Edward, of Carriglea, co Waterford (A dexter arm in armour embowed the hand grasping a sword, the blade passing through a chaplet of red roses and trefoils). Motto: Quantum in rebus inane.
The motto is taken from Aulus Persius Flaccus.