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Description: | A small silver ring, probably a hawking vervel. The ring has a silver shield soldered on to it with the crest of Hansard of London. The crest consists of a cubit arm, erect, cuffed, with a mullet in hand (Fairburn, 186, P.227). Engraved on the ring in capitals is SR.WIL.HANSARD. William Hansard of Biscathorpe was a benefactor of Casitor Grammar School in Lincolnshire. He died in 1631. The hawking ring would have been attached to the hawk?s jessel. The diameter of the hoop is 10.75mm. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1600
1640 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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