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Description: | An incomplete Medieval (1270-1350) robust cast copper alloy mirror case, consisting of one half only. It measures 41.48mm in length and 29.76mm in diameter/ width. Weighs 5.79g.The artefact is a little convex to the outside surface, which has a smooth and shiny dark patina. Two lugs project from the outside edge, and a single lug projects from the opposite edge. The convex surface is decorated with an open cross in double lines of punched triangles, one of which runs diametrically between the lugs. Four shorter curved pairs of lines are arranged either side and either end of this.Of the lugs, the pair are pierced for a (missing) hinge-bar. The single (un-pierced) lug would have interconnected with a pair of (un-pierced) lugs on the (missing) half, which would have kept the two halves closed.The inside surface of mirror case is 2.41mm deep and carries traces of a white cement, probably calcium carbonate, for fixing the glass in place.Egan and Pritchard (1991) illustrate examples with similar decoration (p. 362, ref. 1714-1716) from a context dated to 1270- 1350 AD. They note, however, that robust cast copper alloy mirror cases of this type were mass-produced during the Medieval period.
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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