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Description: | A lead alloy spindle whorl. The whorl is conical with a central circular hole. The surface is pitted. It has a diameter of 22.1mm and is 14.2mm thick. It weighs 30.7g. The whorl is in good condition with a creamy white patina.
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 Households: Medieval and Post Medieval finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971 ?? 78??). The excavated assemblage from Winchester contains one lead whorl from a mid to late tenth century context.?? They have also been found on Roman sites. Undecorated spindle whorls can therefore date from the Roman, Early Medieval or Medieval periods. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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