Anchor or Ships

Hope ‘Anchor’ of the family or Seafaring Profession

Early Christians used the anchor as a disguised cross, and as a marker to guide the way to secret meeting places. 

A Christian symbol of hope, it is found as funerary symbolism in the art of the catacombs. 

Often set amongst rocks. 

It can also be an occupational symbol in sea-farming areas or the attribute of Saint Nicholas, patron saint of Seamen, symbolized hope and steadfastness. 

An anchor with a broken chain stands for the cessation of life.