Wreath

An Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used In Art and Archealogy. · 1883 · p. 38

Wreaths have at all times been prominent among symbolical personal ornaments; always with an honourable or pleasant signification; wreaths of ivy distinguished the votaries of Bacchus; appropriate wreaths were invented for sacrifices at the altar for heroic or priestly or literary distinction. (See Orle, Crest, Wreath, .)