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The arms were never officially registered. | The arms were never officially registered. | ||
The arms above are based on the Burgh seal and the colours are estimations. | The area was a Burgh of Barony from 1817 to 1846, when it was annexed by the City of Glasgow. The arms above are based on the Burgh seal and the colours are estimations. | ||
The first quarter shows the arms of the city of Glasgow. But they differ in several respects from those arms as recorded by the Lyon Office in 1866. The field as recorded by the Lyon Office is all argent, whereas this is party per fess argent and gules, as it is upon the University mace. The salmon as recorded by the Lyon Office is upon its back and not contourne. The redbreast is upon the top of the tree, and not contourne; and the hand-bell is not pendent but separate from the tree, and not upon the dexter but upon the sinister. | The first quarter shows the arms of the city of Glasgow. But they differ in several respects from those arms as recorded by the Lyon Office in 1866. The field as recorded by the Lyon Office is all argent, whereas this is party per fess argent and gules, as it is upon the University mace. The salmon as recorded by the Lyon Office is upon its back and not contourne. The redbreast is upon the top of the tree, and not contourne; and the hand-bell is not pendent but separate from the tree, and not upon the dexter but upon the sinister. | ||