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Description: | Lead possible Spindle Whorl. Cast cylindrical whorl with central moulded aperture of diameter 10.5mm. Very lightly patinated. The form, of Walton Rogers Form B, is common from Anglo-Scandinavian York. A pair of nicks on either side of the hole, along with other dents on the same side of the whorl, may, however, show reuse of the object as a tied weight with tying notches. This could have been be significantly later than the manufacture of the object: a group of improvised net sinkers recorded in situ by their finder (NLM-3623A4) at Wilberfoss, East Riding of Yorkshire, was dated to the 16th century by its later components but included adapted whorls and objects of earlier date. Such reuse may have washed off a denser coat of patina from this object. Suggested date: Unknown, Early Medieval to Post-Medieval.Diameter: 25.7mm, Thickness: 9.2mm, Weight: 35.80gms.
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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