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===Official blazon=== | |||
'''Arms :''' Tierce in pairle azure, Or and argent, ten cubes conjoined in perspective, four, three, two and one, the tops also Or, the dexter [and sinister] sides sable and azure respectively. <br> | '''Arms :''' Tierce in pairle azure, Or and argent, ten cubes conjoined in perspective, four, three, two and one, the tops also Or, the dexter [and sinister] sides sable and azure respectively. <br> | ||
'''Crest:''' On a wreath of the colours, An antique bronze bust of Minerva proper, the eyes argent. <br> | '''Crest:''' On a wreath of the colours, An antique bronze bust of Minerva proper, the eyes argent. <br> |
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WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT MAKERS
London Guild
Established: 1956
Official blazon
Arms : Tierce in pairle azure, Or and argent, ten cubes conjoined in perspective, four, three, two and one, the tops also Or, the dexter [and sinister] sides sable and azure respectively.
Crest: On a wreath of the colours, An antique bronze bust of Minerva proper, the eyes argent.
Supporters: On the dexter side a figure representing Michael Faraday habited in a festal gown of a Doctor of Civil Law of the University of Oxford and holding in the exterior hand a representation of his coil proper, and on the sinister side a figure representing Sir Isaac Newton habited in a gown of a Master of Arts of the University of Cambridge and holding in the exterior hand his telescope also proper.
Motto: Sine nobis scientia languet.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on December 10, 1956.
Unfortunately we have no information on the meaning or origin of these arms yet.
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