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.