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Description: | Silver vervel of flat ring type, the ring inscribed in capitals with owner??s name, RAFE between outward facing arrows. On the opposite side of the ring a shield-shaped plaque with heraldic crest, a scallop shell between two fronds(?).
Diameter: 10.47 mm, weight: 1.05g.
Vervels were used to attach leather jesses to a hawk??s legs when it was tethered on its block. They often bear the owner??s name as here, or arms. Examples are commonly reported through the Treasure Act. 17th Century silver examples, some of which can be closely dated, are in the Department of Prehistory and Europe in The British Museum, see for example 1927, 2-16,68 and 69, and 2000, 7-1,1, with arms of Stuarts and inscription ??King Charlles?? for Charles I or II.
17th Century.
As it was found before 1997, this falls under the Treasure Trove Act, where evidence would have to point to the object having been deliberately hidden with the intention of recovery. The vervel is most likely to be a casual loss, therefore does not constitute treasure. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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