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Record ID: DUR-4B49EF
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast lead spindle whorl, probably of medieval date or early post-medieval date (c. AD 1100–1600).
The object is annular and truncated biconical in section, 29.5mm in diameter, 11.5mm thick and with a central perforation 9.0mm diameter. The surfaces are smooth and a pale cream-grey-brown colour. The surfaces are decorated with moulded raised radial ridges and raised pellets. One side (side "A") has distinct radial ridges. The other side (Side "B") has radial ridges towards the edge of the whorl, but most of the surface is smooth …
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Record ID: DUR-5812DD
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hartlepool
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl, dating from the early post-Medieval period, AD 1500-1600.
The biconical whorl has a central moulded aperture of diameter 9.33mm. A prominent rim, with a curved outer profile, marks the meeting of the two halves and the aperture is also rimmed. The whorl has moulded relief decoration comprises crossing diagonal lines forming four equidistantly spaced triangular points of a star, each filled with a pellet, on either side. There are cross-shaped patterns in the fields between the star points. Both sides bear similar decoration although the pattern is more wo…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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Record ID: DUR-EA01C4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead Weight/Spindle whorl of dating from the Roman to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 43-1550). The object is cylindrical in shape with a central circular perforation through it. There is no apparent decoration on any side. There is a significant pit on one side cause pre or post deposition.
Helen Geake writes: "Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan 1998, "The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 - c1450"; and Biddle, 1990, "Object and Economy i…
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: DUR-E9F245
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead Weight/Spindle whorl dating from the Roman to the Post-Medieval period (c. AD 43-1550). The object is smooth and flat with a central circular perforation running through it. There does not appear to be any decoration on either side of the object. There is some significant pitting on the surface, possibly indicating post-depositional damage.
Helen Geake writes: "Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan 1998, "The Medieval Household: Daily Living …
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: DUR-DB381E
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
lead Spindle Whorl dating from the Roman to the Post-Medieval period (AD 43-1550). The object is conical with a central perforation running through it. There is no apparent decoration on either surface.
Helen Geake writes: "Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan 1998, "The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 - c1450"; and Biddle, 1990, "Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester"), and for perhaps a century longer in Norfolk (Margeson, 1993, "Norwich Househ…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: DUR-DB0993
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead Spindle Whorl dating from the Roman to the Post-Medieval period ( AD 43-1800). The object is circular and flat with a single circular perforation running through the object. There is no indication of a decorative pattern on either face of the object.
Helen Geake writes: "Dating of lead whorls is difficult. The drop spindle with which they were used continued in use until the end of the medieval period in London and Winchester (Egan 1998, "The Medieval Household: Daily Living c1150 - c1450"; and Biddle, 1990, "Object and Economy in Medieval Winchester"), and for perh…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: DUR-0E90C4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl dating to the period AD 1400 to 1600.
The object is circular in plan with a diameter of 30.07 mm and biconvex with a width of 8.67 mm. There is a central, circular hole which would have allowed the object to be suspended. Both faces of the spindle whorl are decorated. One side features a floral motif with ten petals arranged in pairs around the hole in the centre. There is a border of small pellets around the edge of the face. The other face has a more abstract design with seven bordered tear-drop shapes arranged diagonally from the hole to the edge. …
Created on: Monday 12th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 12th May 2014
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Record ID: DUR-A73DB6
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl dating to the Post Medieval period. The spindle whorl is circular in plan with a central circular perforation. It is convex and one side is decorated with raised dots and lines. The other side is decorated with V shaped lines stemming from the centre of the object out to the perimeter. There are a series of these V shapes, one inside the other. The metal is grey in colour and the object weighs 26.1g and measures 29.02mm in diameter and 8.98mm in thickness.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th March 2012
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