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<p>[QUOTE="AntiqueBytes, post: 4541172, member: 13195"]The crowned falcon was Anne Boylen, one of King Henry the Eighths wives, family heraldic emblem. </p><p><br /></p><p>"Wooden bird bought for £75 revealed to be Anne Boleyn’s – and is now worth £200,000. The carved falcon belonging to the ill-fated queen is being loaned back to Hampton Court Palace. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was catalogued as an “antique carved wooden bird” when it was auctioned for £75 in 2019. Now it has been identified as Anne Boleyn’s heraldic emblem, the 16th-century royal falcon that probably adorned her private apartments at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/hampton-court-palace" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/hampton-court-palace" rel="nofollow">Hampton Court Palace</a> – only to be removed after Henry VIII ordered her execution and the eradication of all traces of her. Its true worth is believed to be about £200,000."</p><p><br /></p><p>From:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/nov/07/wooden-bird-bought-for-75-revealed-to-be-anne-boleyns-and-is-now-worth-200000" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/nov/07/wooden-bird-bought-for-75-revealed-to-be-anne-boleyns-and-is-now-worth-200000" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/nov/07/wooden-bird-bought-for-75-revealed-to-be-anne-boleyns-and-is-now-worth-200000</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AntiqueBytes, post: 4541172, member: 13195"]The crowned falcon was Anne Boylen, one of King Henry the Eighths wives, family heraldic emblem. "Wooden bird bought for £75 revealed to be Anne Boleyn’s – and is now worth £200,000. The carved falcon belonging to the ill-fated queen is being loaned back to Hampton Court Palace. It was catalogued as an “antique carved wooden bird” when it was auctioned for £75 in 2019. Now it has been identified as Anne Boleyn’s heraldic emblem, the 16th-century royal falcon that probably adorned her private apartments at [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/culture/hampton-court-palace']Hampton Court Palace[/URL] – only to be removed after Henry VIII ordered her execution and the eradication of all traces of her. Its true worth is believed to be about £200,000." From: [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/nov/07/wooden-bird-bought-for-75-revealed-to-be-anne-boleyns-and-is-now-worth-200000[/URL][/QUOTE]
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