File:A Post-Medieval copper alloy spindle. (FindID 973501).jpg

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A Post-Medieval copper alloy spindle.
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Jonathan Davey, 2019-10-08 14:06:03
Title
A Post-Medieval copper alloy spindle.
Description
English: A post-Medieval copper alloy spindle with separately cast iron axis bar.

This axis bar has become cemented by rust. The spindle is threaded around this axis bar and is also cemented in place. The is a gap where the pin would have been, which is flanked on the axis bar by the attachments for the spindle.

The spindle tapers from the axis bar through its length before it comes to an old break. On the reverse of the spindle there is a makers mark 'WAP'. The object has a dark green patina with lighter green areas of corrosion across the spindle and a lot of orange around the axis bar also due to corrosion..

The spindle measures 22.5mm in length. The spindle starts with a width of 20.7mm going down to 8.1mm at the break with a thickness of 2.2mm. The object weighs 4.36g.

Whitehead (2003,96 and 98) shows a very similar spindle, type III/IV on page 96 and no. 610 on page 98.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 1660 and 1720
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1720-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 973501
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1076022
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1076022/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/973501
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