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LOT 0313
Medieval Silver '+OF CANFILD' Hawking Ring or Vervel
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
3/8 in. (1.35 grams, 10.92 mm overall, 7.69 mm internal diameter).
Plain hoop inscribed in large seriffed capitals '+ OF CANFILD' for Canfield in Essex. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
LiteratureSee Lewis, M. and Richardson, I., Inscribed Vervels, Oxford, 2019.
FootnotesThe lost pair of this vervel would have borne the name of the bird’s owner.
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