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Description: | An incomplete Medieval (1270-1350) robust cast copper alloy mirror case, consisting of one (incomplete) half only. It measures 39.42mm in length and 27.62mm in diameter/ width. Weighs 5.96g.The artefact is mostly flat but with a slight dome to the outside surface, which has a rough, worn patina. Any possible surface decoration is now lost. Two lugs project from the outside edge, and a single lug projects from the opposite edge. The pair are pierced for a (missing) hinge-bar, and both resulting loops are worn-through. 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 the mirror case is 2.36mm deep and carries traces of a white cement, probably calcium carbonate, for fixing the glass in place. Egan and Pritchard (1991) illustrate similar examples decorated cases (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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