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Unique ID: DOR-B83652
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Silver vervel or hawking ring; small silver ring of D-shaped section engraved on the outside in italic script: *At mounckton in dorsett.
Hawking rings record the owner's name and sometimes their placeof residence, and were attached to the leather jesses on the birds legs which attached the bird to the block. The script and form of this ring can be compared with others in the BM collection and published examples from Norfolk and elsewhere. The vervel dates to the 17th Century.
Notes:
As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections, The British Museum
Class:
Ring
Inscription:
* At mounckton in dorsett
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure case tracking number: 2007T168
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 28th February 2007
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Recorded by: Ms Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen
Identified by: Ms Dora Thornton
Treasure case number: 2007T168
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.
Find number: NARC-7CF046
Object type: VERVEL
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Description: Post-medieval, 17th century, silver hawking vervel in the form of a small flat ring. Engraved on one side with inscription: 'Th…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
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Object type: VERVEL
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Post medieval silver vervel. A circular loop with no obvious joining seam inscribed on the outer face with a foliate spray followed by the le…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: ESS-728703
Object type: VERVEL
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Silver vervel or 'hawking ring', dating to the Post Medieval period. The ring is circular in plan and broadly 'D' shaped in section with a fl…
Workflow: Published