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Description: | a copper alloy Medieval closed mirror case. It consists of two cast discs each with a single lug on one side and a pair on the other. A copper alloy rivet secures the two discs through the connecting lugs, acting as a hinge. The outer surfaces of both discs are decorated with a rounded open cross shape formed by lines of punched opposed triangles. There is a pair of similar straight lines running diametrically between the lugs. The mirror case is 31.42mm in diameter, with lugs protruding 6.40mm. The closed case is 8.42mm in thickness, and weighs 22.43g. Almost identical examples are decribed from Medieval London in a fourteenth century context. A similar mirror case is recorded from Long Melford, SF-D39D17. | 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: | 1250
1400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jane Carr | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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