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WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FOUNDERS

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Official blazon

Arms : Azure, a !aver­ pot between two taper candlesticks Or.
Crest: On a wreath Or and azure, A fiery furnace proper, two arms of the last issuing from clouds on the sinister side also proper, the sleeves azure, the hands holding a p•air of closing tongs sable taking hold of the melting pot in the furnace likewise proper. Mantled gules, doubled argent.
Motto: God the only Founder. |}

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on October 13, 1590.

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Literature: Bromley and Child, 1960