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Spindle-Whorl
Spindle-Whorl
Spindle-Whorl

Spindle-Whorl

Date43-409
MediumIron, lead
ClassificationsTools and manufacturing
Terms
    Object numberC00722
    DescriptionTapering spindle made of iron. It has an eyelet and lead whorl. Found in Tokenhouse Yard in 1865. London.

    A spindle is a long staff used for the production of threads. Particularly, it is used to spin fibres such as flax, wool and cotton. They tend to be weighted with a 'whorl' though this is not always the case. In the Roman world, the spindle was called the 'fusus', while the whorl was called the 'verticillus'.
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    Spindle-Whorl
    800 BC-500 AD
    Spindle-Whorl
    300 BC-1000 AD
    Spindle-Whorl
    300 BC-1000 AD
    Spindle-Whorl
    500 BC-400 AD
    Doll
    Leverian Museum
    1700-1800
    Mantle
    1800-1840
    Sand-Glass
    1700-1800
    Sand-Glass
    1700-1800
    Protective-Charm
    Edward Lovett
    1870-1916
    Protective-Charm
    Edward Lovett
    1870-1916