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Description: | A complete silver annular hawk ring or vervel. The object consists of a flat annular ring, which has been inscribed on both sides with MORTON COUNTY WORSESTER on one side and the inscribed letters ESY on the other. The surface of the object is smooth with little corrosion.Discussion: The inscription refers to the place of residence of the owner, Abbots Morton in Worcestershire. Generally hawking rings would carry an inscription that records both the owner and their place of residence, for instance see PAS-2BC222 Treasure reference 2005T257 which has the inscription SR THOMAS LUCI * // OF CHARLECOTE. However, a number of example are recorded where only one or the other are inscribed on the ring, such as WMID-16CD27 which records just the owner and carries the inscription GEORGE ASHTON OF, whilst on the other hand BERK-6BD475 reads OF EDMVNTON which refers only to the location. It is quite likely that in such cases these vervels were worn in pairs, with one recording the owner and the other their place of residence.
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