Coat of arms of José Fernando Carneiro Leão, baron and count of Vila Nova de São José (the same arms of the Portuguese blazson of the Carneiro family). Also used by his nephew, the viscount of São Salvador dos Campos, by the count of São Simão and by the baron of São Brás.
Archivo Nobiliarchico Brasileiro, of Rodolfo Smith de Vasconcelos and Jaime Smith de Vasconcelos (1918).
Tonyjeff, based on symbol of XIX century.