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Description: | Annular silver ring, flattened, engraved lines at both edges enclosing engraved lozenge ornament and lettering in Roman capitals. The surface is so abraded that the inscription cannot be interpreted with any certainty, thought it appears to read DF.TARGEN(?) Length 1.1 cm; weight: 1.34g. Vervels are small silver loops used in hawking to connect the leather jesses or thongs to the leash which ties the bird to its block. They are inscribed with the name, crest and/ and arms of the owner, and sometimes with their place of origin. The annular form and the style of the lettering suggest a 17th Century date; vervels of this form are illustrated in contemporary treatises on falconry. A similar vervel in the British Museum is inscribed of Rushbrooke in Suf[folk] (MLA 1856,8-27,109). See D.Gaimster and S.Margeson, "A post-medieval silver hawking vervel", Norfolk Archaeology, XL, part III, 1989, pp.324-5. 17th Century Vervels are occasionally reported through the Treasure Act, see for example: Annual Treasure Report 1999, no. 241 for an example of different form from Thwaite, Suffolk, and Treasure Annual Report 2003, no. 283 for another variant type from King's Somborne, Hampshire.
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