Artefacts from the Viking Age and Norman period

See for my blog here and the artefacts under the image.

‘…hold the roots…’


‘It is people like you who hold the roots and give back to many who thought they were lost.’ Rhiannon Scharfetter – Vienna, Austria https://myskaldkonur.com

I have been suggested to contact you, a Viking specialist, for your competence and sensibility to the problems of those interested in ancient objects.’ Antonio Barsotti – Pisa, Italy. 

Book Vikings and the artefacts from the Viking Age (published October 2025) image on front: Luit van der Tuuk.

Viking spindle whorl

viking spindle whorl

1 1/8 diameter of slightly more domed shape.

Concentric circle decoration with a band of alternate hatched triangles and circles. Stained blue when made. Few small edge chips.

It was found in York, England area and sold at Philips Auction House London, in the 1980’s.