E-auction 658-679728 - "ROUELLES" Lot de 4 fusaïoles en plomb dites “à cabochons”
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Type : Lot de 4 fusaïoles en plomb dites “à cabochons”
Date: datation incertaine
Metal : lead
Rarity : R3
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Commentary
Lot constitué de 4 grosses fusaïoles ou “rouelle à cabochons” ;
- à 8 cabochons, de 8,25 grammes et 23,5 mm.
- à 8 cabochons, de 3,27 grammes et 15,5 mm.
- à 6 cabochons, de 4,42 grammes et 24,5 mm.
- à 6 cabochons, de 6,93 grammes et 20 mm.
Les fusaïoles ont été utilisées à toutes époque, pour lester le fuseau. Associées au travail de la laine, elles furent utilisées de la préhistoire au début du XXe siècle. Les exemplaires en plomb, plus ou moins ornés ou dits “à cabochons” ont souvent été classés parmi les rouelles gauloises....
Lot consisting of 4 large spindle whorls or “rouelle à cabochons”; - with 8 cabochons, 8.25 grams and 23.5 mm. - with 8 cabochons, 3.27 grams and 15.5 mm. - with 6 cabochons, 4.42 grams and 24.5 mm. - with 6 cabochons, 6.93 grams and 20 mm. Spindle whorls have been used throughout the ages to weight the spindle. Associated with wool working, they were used from prehistory to the beginning of the 20th century. The lead examples, more or less decorated or called “à cabochons” have often been classified among the Gallic roulettes...
- à 8 cabochons, de 8,25 grammes et 23,5 mm.
- à 8 cabochons, de 3,27 grammes et 15,5 mm.
- à 6 cabochons, de 4,42 grammes et 24,5 mm.
- à 6 cabochons, de 6,93 grammes et 20 mm.
Les fusaïoles ont été utilisées à toutes époque, pour lester le fuseau. Associées au travail de la laine, elles furent utilisées de la préhistoire au début du XXe siècle. Les exemplaires en plomb, plus ou moins ornés ou dits “à cabochons” ont souvent été classés parmi les rouelles gauloises....
Lot consisting of 4 large spindle whorls or “rouelle à cabochons”; - with 8 cabochons, 8.25 grams and 23.5 mm. - with 8 cabochons, 3.27 grams and 15.5 mm. - with 6 cabochons, 4.42 grams and 24.5 mm. - with 6 cabochons, 6.93 grams and 20 mm. Spindle whorls have been used throughout the ages to weight the spindle. Associated with wool working, they were used from prehistory to the beginning of the 20th century. The lead examples, more or less decorated or called “à cabochons” have often been classified among the Gallic roulettes...
Historical background
"ROUELLES"
(2nd - 1st century BC)
Over the past twenty years, roundabouts have become very fashionable objects among the "Celtisians" and we have seen first the objects appear, then the "scientific" reference works which made the amalgamation between pieces really "ancient and Celtic" and all the rest whose fluctuating chronology goes from the 1st century of our era to ....... our days. Specialized studies, comparisons of material, archaeological inventories remain to be carried out before being able to decide and separate what is ancient from what is not..
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