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A scallop or cockle shell carved on a monument.
Also known as: Scallop shell on a grave, Cockle shell, Pilgrim shell
A shell, usually a scallop. Carries the Compostela pilgrimage association, an older baptismal one, and — in some traditions — the practice of leaving a shell at a grave, which is a physical custom rather than a carved motif.
Also associated with baptism, the shell having been used to pour water, which gives it a second Christian sense independent of pilgrimage.
Distinct from the practice of placing an actual shell or stone on a grave, which is a physical act of visiting rather than a carved motif and follows different customs in different communities.
A fan-shaped shell carved with radiating ribs spreading from a narrow hinge at the base to a scalloped curved edge at the top.
Both depict a scallop shell and both carry the Compostela pilgrimage association.