A set of three Roman Glass Spindle Whorls, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 3rd Century CE 17174459_xl Rubin was prescient in recognizing

Rubin was prescient in recognizing what he called its 'exquisite tenderness'

- Model 2 is  5’9” and wears a size XS

the collection was returned to her heirs and sold around 1937 to Dr

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A set of three Roman Glass Spindle Whorls, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 3rd Century CE 17174459_xl Rubin was prescient in recognizingOf translucent colors, with white trails in spiral patterns from the centers to outer edges, having domed bodies with flat bottoms, and a vertical hole in each center. Used during the process of spinning wool or flax into wool or thread, a spindle whorls was a disc fitted onto the spindle to increase and maintain the speed of the spin. Glass spindle whorls were made by winding a trail of hot glass around a rod and then decorated with trails in