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Description: | Medieval lead spindle whorl, biconical with moulded decoration consisting of crude leaf-shaped motifs. Diameter 25.5mm. Thickness 13mm. Hole diameter 9 - 10mm. Weight 38.18g. Similar to an example from Meols (Griffiths et al. 2007, no. 2188) 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. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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