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Historical Archive: Anglo-Saxon Bound pendants, Beads, and Spindle Whorls Very few have yet been digitized. The list of additional objects appears after the thumbnails below. Most will be posted after publication of my next book. If you need an image before then, feel free to contact me and I will prioritize the requested object. black glass faceted spindle whorl with red streaks, c.500-530, from Cleatham grave 34, NLM, Cleatham 2830 rock crystal faceted spindle whorl: oblique, Alfriston grave 65, c.500-560, Lewes Castle Museum rock crystal faceted spindle whorl: table, Alfriston grave 65 rock crystal faceted spindle whorl: profile, Alfriston grave 65 bound pendant from Chessell Down grave 45: dark crystal in silver, 2nd half of 6th c., BM 1867,0729.1 bound pendant fr. Tadworth grave 16, rock crystal in copper alloy, 7th c., Ewell small-long fibulae with amber and crystal beads (one a faceted whorl) from Barrington B, CMAA Z.21298 glass and amber beads with faceted crystal spindle whorl from Selmeston 7, no context, Lewes Castle Museum 52.42.6 Bound Pendants agate bead set in gold as a bound pendant, unknown provenance (Anglo-Saxon?), BM, AF 519 Burwell no context: crystal in copper alloy, CMAA, Z 11493 Cherry Hinton no context: crystal in copper alloy, CMAA, 1953.124 Chessell Down grave 40: crystal in silver, 2nd half of 6th c., BM 1867,0729.2 Faversham II no context: crystal in silver, BM 1147.’70 Kempston no context: crystal in copper alloy, BM 91.6-24.39 Littlebourne I Howletts grave 21 (association doubtful): crystal in silver, BM 1936,0511.78 Little Wilbraham grave 3: fragmentary metal formerly binding oak gall, CMAA, 1927.1822 Faceted Glass Beads/Spindle Whorls blue spindle whorl from Alfriston grave 92, Lewes Castle Museum blue spindle whorl from Castledyke South, NLM, RF 248 Faceted Rock Crystal Beads/Spindle Whorls Alfriston grave 28, c.500-560, Lewes Castle Museum Brighthampton grave 49, Ashmolean AN 1966.111 Fairford grave 27 or 29, Ashmolean 1961.43 Fairford grave 20 or 30, Ashmolean 1961-36 Fairford no context, Ashmolean 1961.158 Faversham II no context, BM, 1216.’70 Fonaby, NLM Great Chesterford grave 116, c.475-525, BM 1964,0702.357 Harlton (probably), CMAA, Z 16284 Hunsbury Hill (near), Society of Antiquaries of London, 95a Lackford no context, CMAA, 1950.85 B.2 Linton Heath grave 40, CMAA, 1948.1568 Little Wilbraham no context: 3 whorls, CMAA, 1948.1508, 1948.1498 Long Wittenham I grave 100, BM 1865,0310.260 Mucking II cremation grave 804: crazed fragments of a whorl, BM 1970,0406.1554 Mucking II inhumation grave 843, mid 6th c., BM 1970,0406.717 Ringlemere Farm grave 40, BM Ringlemere Farm grave 41, BM Selmeston 7 no context, Lewes Castle Museum 52.42.6 West Wight no context, BM, 2006,0305.62 Wheatley grave 14: 2 whorls, Ashmolean AN 1883.39.b