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jan 1, 1490 - sparrow-hawk

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The OED has this as the name for a small anvil used in silver-working, with examples from 1869. The following reference in a goldsmith’s inventory takes its history back to the Tudor period: 1490 <i>De ij sparhawke stethez xd</i> York (SS53/58).

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jan 1, 1490
Now
~ 535 years ago