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Description: | Medieval lead spindle whorl, biconvex with worn and damaged moulded counter-relief decoration, comprising the remains of oblique lines alternating with pairs of pellets on the upper face. The shallow lower face is undecorated. Diameter 32mm. Thickness/height 15mm. Diameter of perforation 10.5-7.5mm. Weight 61.72g. Similar to an example from an early 16th century context at the Augustinian Friary, Leicester, complete with its wooden spindle (Mellor and Pierce 1981, 139-40, fig.51 no.71). c.1450 - c.1539. (Finder's number DW9-231) | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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