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Description: | A cast copper-alloy mirror case of the Medieval period, late 13-late 14 century. One-half of a cased mirror, consisting of a cast copper-alloy lid or base. The case is circular in plan and C-shaped in section. Internally, there are traces of lead, whether this was for soldering to hold the mirror, or to act as a backing for a glass insert is uncertain. No traces of glass remain. The outside is decorated with a floral pattern consisting of six undecorated pointed-oval lobes regularly arranged around a central circle. Another six-lobed flower is off-set between the petals of the first, distinguished with pecked linear decoration to give it texture. One edge has the remaining bases of a pair of lugs that would have formed the hinge. On the opposite side of the disc, a single lug remains that would have formed the catch/clasp with the other half of the mirror.
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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