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Record ID: NMS-A96B68
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl, unevenly cast plano-convex. Diameter 27-29mm. Thickness 6.5mm. Hole diameter 10mm. Weight 20.93g. 11th - 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-AC9711
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy,biconvex spindle whorl, probably of late medieval or early post-medieval date, AD 1400 - 1600. It is pierced with a central, circular hole (9mm diameter), in one side of which is a rectangular concavity. One face is decorated with a pattern of random pellets, the other side is very worn but has traces of raised lines in a lattice pattern. It is 25.6mm in diameter and 9.4mm thick. It weighs 28.12gm.
Decorated whorls are usually attributed to the 15th or 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th January 2022
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