FALCONRY- A RARE LATE 17TH CENTURY VARVEL*. circular form, e...

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FALCONRY- A RARE LATE 17TH CENTURY VARVEL*. circular form, engraved "PHILIP IELL** ESQ HOPTON IN CONT DARBY" (script), unmarked c.1680; 0.5" (1.2cm) diameter

* A Varval, are small tags with the owner's information engraved thereon, were attached to the jesses of a hawk/ falcon so that the bird could be identified. This example, with its push-in pin lock missing and gouges to that one side suggests it probably suffered damage from a metal tool, perhaps when it was excavated after spending time in the ground, as many did.

** Sir Philip Gell of Hopton Hall, 3rd Baronet, born in 1651, went on to become M.P for Derbyshire in 1680 and died in 1710. Damaged as explained in the footnote and see images.
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