Coat of arms of Manuel Antônio da Rocha Faria, 1st baron, viscount and count of Nioaque (the same arms of the Portuguese blason of the Faria family). Also used by his son, the 2nd baron of Nioaque, and by the 2nd baron of Abadia.
Archivo Nobiliarchico Brasileiro, of Rodolfo Smith de Vasconcelos and Jaime Smith de Vasconcelos (1918).
Tonyjeff, based on symbol of XIX century.