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{{uk}} | {{uk}}''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' | ||
''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' | |||
London Guild<br> | London Guild<br> | ||
Established: 1619 (until 1642), re-established 1663 (until 1868), re-established 1954, incorporated again as a livery company in 1960. | Established: 1619 (until 1642), re-established 1663 (until 1868), re-established 1954, incorporated again as a livery company in 1960. | ||
[[File:lon- | [[File:lon-Tobacco1.jpg|center|550 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on ? | |||
The arms show a tobacco plant as an obvious symbol. The crest holding a pipe is another clear reference to the company. The two supporters are eagles rising from the flames of burning tobacco leaves to symbolise the several reincarnations of the Company. | |||
The motto means Out of the Earth. | |||
The arms replaced the previous arms, granted in 1956, see below. | |||
The previous arms were officially granted on November 8, 1956. | |||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
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'''Motto:''' Producat terra | '''Motto:''' Producat terra | ||
[[File:lon-Tobacco.jpg|center|550 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
The | The arms are identical as the current ones, but the supporters were two 'natives' of main tobacco producing regions. | ||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: | |||
Image from http://www.tobaccolivery.org/ | |||
[[Literature]] : Image from http://www.tobaccolivery.org/ | |||
[[Category:London Guilds]] | [[Category:London Guilds]] | ||
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 1956]] | [[Category:Granted 1956]] |
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