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Description: | Medieval lead spindle whorl, bi-conical with moulded decoration on both faces. This comprises scallops, pellets, zig-zag and radial lines. Diameter 29mm. Thickness 12mm. Hole diameter 10.5mm. Weight 45.06g. Similar to an example from Meols (Griffiths et al. 2007, 174, pl. 33 no. 2188 and pl. 34 nos. 2197-2201) and one from an early 16th-cent. context at the Augustinian Friary, Leicester, complete with its wooden spindle (Mellor and Pierce 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. 15th - early 16th century. Finder's number 13/0938 | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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