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Description: | A complete copper alloy mirror case in excellent condition. This mirror case consists of two cast discs, each c34mm in diameter and 4mm thick, each with a single lug on one side and a pair on the other. One disc has the single lug and the other has the pair drilled through for a copper alloy rivet, which acts as the hinge of the case. Both discs of this case also have an additional single lug, or the remains of one, projecting from the centre of the edge inbetween the other lugs. The outer faces of the two halves of this mirror case are decorated with curved lines of opposed triangles, which form the outline of a rounded, open cross, this type of decoration was probably made using a roulette. The insides of the discs are recessed, and retain a white cement, which has been analysed elsewhere as calcium carbonate, this cement would have held the glass in place. The glass is now missing. Similar mirror cases have been found in London and it is believed that mirrors of this type were mass produced for the popular market, they were produced in the late 14th century and possibly derive from a series of fine late 13th century enamelled examples produced for an upper-class clientele in France (Egand and Pritchard, 358-365, fig 241). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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