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Description: | Incomplete lead alloy Medieval mirror case. This object is circular in plan with a bevelled flange around its circumference. It is decorated with a crude, moulded design of two, opposed facing lion-like beasts in the rampant position against a background of radiating lines. A plain vertical band runs between the beasts, which is flanked either side of its lower portion with at least three raised dots. A double lined border surrounds the whole design. The centre of the case is pierced with a circular hole that is 7.68mm in diameter. The reverse of the case is plain and nothing survives of the inset grozed (i.e. nipped with pliers) glass or the adhesive. The flange edges are damaged and a portion of the case is missing just above and between the beasts? heads. All broken edges are worn and similarly patinated, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The object has a dark grey patina to the front and a creamier grey to the reverse. The case has a diameter of 42.24mm, is 1.4mm thick and weighs 9.61g. A similar example with opposed beasts can be seen in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories, number 1708. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1200
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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