A large decanter or serving bottle dated 1751

A large decanter or serving bottle dated 1751, of mallet shape, the straight-sided body of a dark green metal, the tapering neck applied with a wide handle, applied with a seal inscribed 'S Samway 1751', 27.5cm.

While the seal on this bottle is previously unrecorded, the surname of Samway (or Samways) is known in Dorset. A Samuel Samway married Edith Hind in Puncknowle on 26th December 1763, and another is recorded as apprenticed to a firm of solicitors in Dorchester in 1745.