The Arms of the Company are blazoned:-
Arms: Azure a cross engrailed or between four pairs of shaves in saltire argent handled or.
Crest: On a wreath or and azure out of the clouds proper two arms embowed carnation the shirt sleeves folded beneath the elbows argent in the hands a shave argent handled or.
Supporters: Dexter, an elk proper attired and unguled or; Sinister, a goat argent flashed sable.
These armorial bearings were granted to the Curriers’ Company on 8 August 1583.
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