Western Asiatic Green Stone Spindle Whorl

Bronze Age, 3200-1200 B.C. A polished green stone spindle whorl or jar-stopper, with a shallow conical body and central hole. 6.07 grams, 23 mm (7/8 in.). Acquired in Jerusalem, Israel, in the 1980s.

Late Iron Age II, 12th-6th century B.C. A green stone spindle whorl of conical form. 12.19 grams, 35 mm (1 3/8 in.). Acquired in Jerusalem, Israel, in the 1980s. From the collection of Ibrahim Kara wi

Late Iron Age, 11th-6th century B.C. A dark grey stone spindle whorl of conical form. 8.35 grams, 23 mm (7/8 in.). Acquired in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1988. From the collection of Ibrahim Kara with refe

Late 1st millennium B.C. A dark grey stone spindle whorl of domed form, circle engraved around the central hole. 12.91 grams, 31 mm (1 1/4 in.). Acquired in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1987. From the collec

16th century AD. A carved rock crystal loom weight or spindle whorl, bulbous with flared flange to each flat face. 64 grams, 39mm (1 1/2"). The Signo collection, the property of a West London business

2nd millennium BC. A carved green stone phallus and scrotum. 2.3 kg, 22cm (8 1/2"). From a South West London collection; formed 1990-2000.

1st millennium BC or earlier. A group of three schist items comprising two plano-convex spindle whorls and an annular bead. 49.4 grams total, 19-30mm (3/4 - 1"). Property of a lady; from the collectio

1st millennium BC. A necklace formed of plain bronze links alternating with S-shaped links with beading, fourteen graduated plano-convex steatite beads or spindle whorls. 188 grams, 90cm (35 1/2") The

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Western Mexico, Colima, Nayarit, or Jalisco to Aztec culture, ca. 300 BCE to 1500 CE. A large collection of 76 pottery spindle whorls for spinning maguey and c

A LOT OF TWO ANCIENT ROMAN GLASS SPINDLE WHORL, ROMAN IMPERIAL PERIOD, CA. 1ST-2ND CENTURY AD. Blue & green Colors covered with ancient Patina, with trails in same color. domed body; slightly convex b

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico and Guatemala, Maya Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A grey stone spindle whorl with linear and concentric circle motifs on its surface; also ten gorgeous jadeite

1st millennium B.C. Comprising: a pillow-shaped carnelian amulet pierced through the notched upper edge, hatched panels to both faces; a triangular-section stamp seal displaying ring-and-dot motifs an

2nd-1st millennium B.C. or later. Steatite or talc with two columns of cuneiform text, un-drilled: -num, son of Ad-da-al(?)-a/za(?); possibly unfinished. See Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinde

14 Roman Stone Spindle Whorl, 2th-4th century AD ,Size : 3.3 cm - 2 cm

Circa 12th century A.D. An opaque, barrel-shaped green glass bottle with short neck, the body with decorative ribbing; held in a collector's box. 82 grams, 79 mm high (389 grams total, 11.5 x 11.5 x 1

Large Ancient Mesopotamia Stone Spindle Whorl c.2nd Mellenium BC. Size 2 1/4 inches length. Red-brown oval stone with central hole for spindle. May also have been used as a loom weight. Rare. Provenan

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. Comprising: bull in seated pose, quartz; nesting bird, steatite; crouching frog, serpentine. 7.71 grams total, 16-22 cm (5/8 - 7/8 in.). Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a No

4th millennium B.C. Graduated group of restrung butterfly-shaped beads with labrys-shaped spacers. 29.8 grams, 37 cm (14 1/2 in.). Acquired 1980-2015.Ex Abelita family collection. [No Reserve]

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. With incised braided design forming diamond-shape hatching. Cf. Teissier, B., Ancient Near Eastern Cylinder Seals in the Marcopoli Collection, Berkeley, 1984, item 28. 10.9 g

Circa 3rd millennium B.C. Of cotton-reel shape; deeply incised leaf and other motifs. 4.98 grams, 19 mm (3/4 in.). Ex property of a West London businessman, formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s, item

Circa 1st millennium B.C. and later. Restrung with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire,

1st millennium B.C. and later. A restrung designer necklace composed mainly of graduated pottery, glass and stone beads of various dates, types and colours, including a central piriform bead. 16.6 gra

Circa 1st millennium B.C. and later. Restrung, composed of white circular beads of stone, shell, and glass, including biconical, irregular and other types. Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McG

This Neolithic stone spindle whorl, with dimensions of 2 x 0.5 cm, features bold geometric patterns that hark back to the dawn of human civilization. Spindle whorls were essential tools in the spinnin