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Description: | A plano-convex spindlewhorl of sandstone. The spindlewhorl is quite large at 40 mm in diameter. It's central perforation measures 11 in diameter wide at the domed top and 12 mm in diameter at the flat bottom. The spindle whorl is decorated with two rows of concentric ring and dot decoration; the first row circling the perforation at the top consists of 6 ring and dots, and below this the other row consists of 16. The spindle whorl has been slightly damaged on the bottom. The heavy weight of the spindle whorl (33 grams) suggests that this whorl was used in spinning a heavy garment, probably wool. The only other examples that I have seen of stone spindle whorls decorated with ring and dot decoration are thought to be Anglo-Saxon in date and are illustrated in West, 'A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material From Suffolk' (1998, page 175; figure 57.3)and (a less similar example, but still with the ring and dots) Leahy 'Anglo-Sacon Crafts' (2003, page 65; figure 32E).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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