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Spindle whorl

Description

Pottery spindle whorl of red fabric with a yellow glaze and applied brown stripe, from Urquhart Castle, 13th - 17th century

Museum reference

H.HY 139

Object name

Spindle whorl

Date

13th - 17th century

Materials

Pottery

Physical description

Pottery, red ware; yellow glaze; applied brown stripe

Associations

Urquhart Castle, Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

PSAS CXII, 1982, p. 465-76

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