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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy mirror case of Medieval date. One half of the case survives. It consists of a convex cast disc that is circular in shape with a raised rim surface and a hollow or concave interior. On one side of the disc are the remains of one of a pair of integral pin lugs that would have enabled the case to hinge. On the opposing side is an incomplete single integral lug, presumably this would have acted as a catch to keep the two sides of the case together. The interior of the disc is missing the mirror. Traces of white residue may indicate solder that once held the mirror in place. The exterior surface is worn and corroded. Mirror cases of this type are usually decorated with a central voided cross of punched opposed triangles, with similar punched decoration around the edges of the disc. In each of the angles created by the cross are semi-circles of punched opposing triangles that are pendant from the exterior edge and have a single line of similar decoration running vertically through the centre of the semi-circle, but none of this is visible due to corrosion on this example. Mirror cases of similar style are known from excavated contexts in London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: pp. 361-362, fig. 241). These objects may have been mass produced and are of Medieval date. A thirteenth or fourteenth century date is most likely. It is 31mm in diameter (36.4 including the remains of the hinge) and 4.mm thick. It weighs 7.05gm
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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