The third post in our advent calendar is a small spindle whorl from the city of Sigtuna, Sweden.
It’s made from a femoral head. The shape have been adjusted from the original shape and the whorl have now a cone shape. That shape is not so common with the whorls made out of femoral heads. So someone put some effort into this piece.
Right now we not 100% certain on the dating. But roughly it’s the same age as the other finds from Sigtuna. Approx. late 10th century – early 14th. Will update when we have the correct info.
Today it can be found in the collections of Sigtuna museum.
/ Amica and Maria
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Month: December 2019
Advent calendar December 2 2019
The second post in our advent calendar is a distaff found in Nyköping, Sweden.
Distaffs are rarely labeled as “distaffs” in the museum data bases. So is also the case with this one. The are often labeled as “wood fragment”. We understand if it’s difficult to tell one wood fragment from another, but the notch usually give them away.
This one is dated to 13-15th century.
It is broken and today it’s approx. 30cm long. The thickness is approx. 15-18mm wide.
Today it can be found in the collections of Sörmlands museum.
/ Amica and Maria
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Advent calendar December 1 2019
This years first calendar post is some lovely scissors and timbles from the medieval city of Nyköping, Sweden.
They are all found in the centre of the medieval city and are dated 13th-15th century.
Today the scissors can be found in the collection of Sörmlands museum and are exhibit in the medieval exhibition at Nyköpingshus / Nyköping castle. The castle have a very interesting history. Check it up if you wanna know where George R.R Martin got some inspiration when writing GoT.
Here are the post in the data base.
The one in the middle
The one to the right
/ Amica and Maria
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