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which they were made ; and I regard the circuinstance as of 

 interest, shewing the first idea of decorating this class of social 

 appliances." 



Now, as regards the raised stamps on the five bottles, it may 

 interest to remark, that though all agree in every essential 

 particTolar, yet the bottles show that they were stamped from 

 at least two distinct dies. 



I have not had an opportunity to decide as to this crest, but 

 I fancy the Paulets were much connected with the county. 

 The fragment Fig. 2 is a stamp of a like kind, which was found 

 at Clifton Maybank, now a hamlet of Bradford Abbas. This 

 crest is of the Harvey family, who held Clifton, and also Wyke. 

 There are monuments to the Haevets in Bradford Church, — 

 one to Sir Thos. Haevet, on which is the same crest. 



Whether these were the prototypes of decanters or no I cannot 

 say, but at all events they are not inelegant in shape ; and it 

 seems quite evident that the crests were impressed upon them 

 not only as a decoration, but to establish a kind of ownership. 



