Coat of Arms Granted

The Curriers' coat of arms, together with its crest and supporters, was granted to the Company by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, in 1583. It illustrates the currier's shave, an essential tool of the trade.

The blue and gold shield has 4 pairs of shaves and is supported by (to the left) an elk with gold antlers and hooves and (to the right) a silver goat with black flashes. On top of the shield, the crest consists of a wreath, gold and blue, above which are clouds out of which two arms with rolled-up shirt sleeves hold aloft a single shave.

The meaning of the Latin motto 'SPES NOSTRA DEUS' is God is our hope.