Family / house

University for the Creative Arts

Armiger / bearer

University for the Creative Arts

Entity type

institution

Heraldic authority

College of Arms

Record basis

grant

Issued / first recorded

15 April 2024

Historical period

21st century

Blazon

Argent a Saltire Azure issuing in chief in base and in the flanks four Chrysanthemum Flowers Gules.

Plain-English description

A silver shield bearing a blue saltire extending toward the top, bottom and sides, with four red chrysanthemum flowers between its arms.

Tinctures

Argent; Azure; Gules

Charges / ordinaries

Saltire; Four chrysanthemum flowers

Crest

Upon a Helm with a Wreath Argent Azure and Gules A Chrysanthemum Flower Azure charged with a Bee volant Or.

Exterior ornaments

Supporters: Dexter a Griffin Or beaked and armed Gules gorged by a Wreath Argent Azure and Gules pendent therefrom two Keys addorsed wards downwards bows interlaced Azure; sinister a Griffin Or beaked and armed Gules gorged by a Wreath Argent Azure and Gules pendent therefrom a Horseshoe reversed Azure. Badge: A Saltire square couped Azure surmounted by a Hexagon voided enclosing a Bee volant Or.

Source reference

College of Arms, August 2024 Newsletter no. 76

Source

Open source

Documented depiction

Open depiction source

Notes / sources