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"The form is, I imagine, Dutch or North German; but I fancy 

 it was probably followed in our glass works, and is not obsolete 

 in these days. I should imagine yours to be about 1700, 

 perhaps earlier. The flying falcon recalls the crests of the 

 Paulets, but the coronet is that of a Baron. 



"There is a glass bottle (amongst others) in the Museum of 

 the Eoyal Irish Academy, with a raised stamp 

 <J. Swift, Dean, 



1727,' 



probably referable to the time of his popularity, as many others 

 bear his name. I have seen, however, several bottles with 

 heraldic stamp, certainly referring to the noble family for whom 

 they were made ; and I regard the circumstance as of interest, 

 showing the first idea of decorating this class of social appli- 

 ances." 



Since the discovery of the five bottles described we have met 

 with two other impressed stamps, evidently broken from bottles 

 of a like kind, but belonging to other families. 



FIG. 3. STAMP FROM BRADFORD ABBAS (ACTUAL SIZE). 



This is the impression of a crest found at Clifton Maybank, 

 now united, for ecclesiastic purposes, with Bradford Abbas. It 

 is of the Harvey family, who held Clifton Maybank and also 

 Wyke. There are monuments to several of the Harveys in 

 Bradford Church, one to Sir Thomas Harvey, on which is the 

 same crest. 



These examples are from Dorset, but our next figure repre- 

 sents a bottle impression which was found by our kind friend, 



