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SPINDLE WHORL
Unique ID: SF-923F40
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete ceramic spindle whorl of probable early post-medieval date. The spindle is a flattened globular shape with a central circular hole, c.14mm in diameter. A groove runs around the midpoint of the outer face. It is made from a orange sandy earthenware fabric with angular quartz (<1mm) and red ironstone (<1mm) inclusions. There are traces of a green glaze in places on the surface, but most of this has worn away..
Very similar early post-medieval glazed stoneware spindle whorls imported from the Raeren kilns in Belgium are not uncommon finds, see PAS records: LON-81EDE9, BH-713194, NMS-D909D8. This example in green-glazed earthenware may be a British imitation of these.
Diameter: 38.49mm, thickness: 28.59mm, weight: 39.60g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 28.5 mm
Weight: 39.68 g
Diameter: 38.49 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 20th July 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's ref: ZZAJ
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Debenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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