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Description: | Medieval biconical lead spindle whorl with moulded counter-relief decoration: One side of the carination decorated with two rings of pellets, the other with radiating lines and some oblique and transverse lines. Diameter 28mm. Thickness 9mm. Diameter of perforation 10mm. Weight 1.2090oz / 34.27g.Similar to an example from an early 16th century context at the Augustinian Friary, Leicester, complete with its wooden spindle (Mellor and Pearce 1981, 139-40, fig.51 no.71). It is possible that the object was residual, but it is unlikely to have been very ancient when deposited in the context, in view of its completeness.
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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