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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy mirror case. The decorated lid of the mirror case survives. It is circular in plan with a pair of parallel lugs protrude from one edge, and a single lug protrudes from the opposite edge. The pair of lugs each has a small hole through which there is a short length of copper alloy wire. This would have originally formed the hinge with the lower portion of the mirror case which is now missing. The upper surface is decorated with a six-stranded '+' formed by punched small dashes. The reverse of the lid is slightly concave, with traces of a corrosion product, which may be traces of calcium carbonate. Calcium carbonate was used to hold the mirror in place. The reverse has a raised lip at the edge forming a shallow circular cell on the reverse. The surface of the lid has a matte dark green/grey patina, with the exception of the corrosion on the interior. It measures 42.51mm long from lug to lug, 30.91mm wide and 4.62mm thick across the single lug. It weighs 6.5g. Similar examples are illustrated in Egan & Pritchard (2002, 'Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3: Dress Accessories c. 1150 - c. 1450', pages 358 & 361 - 2, fig 241, ref nos. 1714 - 6. These date to the late 13th to mid 14th centuries.
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