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Sealed Bottles belonging to the Carew family of Haccombe and Antony |
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There are 3 seals associated with the Carew family, one bears the crest of a sinister hand apaumee and the initials T C, another bears a dexter hand apaumee and the initial H C and the third bears the crest of a mainmast, the round top set off with palisadoes or; a demi lion issuing thereout sa which is the crest of the Pole-Carews. As bottles bearing each of these seals span a number of years bottles bearing the same seal vary in shape and manufacturing technique. |
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A sinistral hand apaumee and the letters T C for Thomas Carew. |
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The first three bottles pictured here belonged to members of the Carew family who lived at Haccombe which is a small parish 3 miles southeast of Newton Abbot. In 1850 the parish had only 14 inhabitants and 290 acres of land with 2 houses at which time Sir Walter-Palk Carew was the owner. Haccombe House was rebuilt in about 1805 and in 1850 was described as a large plain building standing in a well wooded lawn, at the bottom of a gradual descent, near the church. |
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Sir Thomas Carew of Haccombe, Devon was 6th baronet, the son of Sir John Carew (5th bart) and Elizabeth Holdsworth (daughter of the Reverend Henry Holdsworth, vicar of Townstal, Dartmouth). Sir Thomas Carew married Jane Smallwood in 1777. He died in 1805 when he was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Henry Carew (7th bart) who was born in 1779. The bottles which belonged to Thomas Carew are sealed with a sinister hand apaumee and the letters T C. |
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