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'''WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GOLDSMITHS''' | '''WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GOLDSMITHS''' | ||
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Established: <br> | Established: <br> | ||
[[File:lon-goldsmiths.jpg|center]] | [[File:lon-goldsmiths.jpg|center|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms :''' Quarterly gules and azure, in the first and fourth quarters a leopard's head affrontee Or, in the second and third a covered cup between in chief two buckles fessewise, all of the last. <br> | |||
'''Crest:''' On a wreath Or and gules, A demi virgin issuing from a cloud proper, in a gown gules and kirtle Or, arms extended, holding in the dexter hand proper a balance gold and in the sinister hand a touchstone proper. <br> | |||
'''Supporters:''' On either side a unicorn Or, the mane, hoofs and tail argent. <br> | |||
'''Motto:''' Justitia virtutum regina | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on 8 November 1571 (with gown of crest, mane, hooves and tail of the supporters purpure); entered at Visitation of 1634 as above. Certified painting from Garter King of Arms dated 31 March 1891 shows a Peer's helmet. | |||
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[[Literature]] : Bromley and Child, 1960 | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | ||
Bromley and Child, 1960 | |||
[[Category:London Guilds]] | [[Category:London Guilds]] | ||
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | |||
[[Category:Granted 1571]] | |||