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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy mirror case of Medieval date. One half of the case survives intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. It comprises a convex cast disc that is circular in shape with a flat exterior surface and hollow or concave interior. On one side of the disc is an integrally cast double pin lug that would have enabled the case to hinge and which retains a separately cast copper-alloy bar or pin with part of the corresponding lug from the missing other half of the case. One arm of the lug is now missing and the second terminates at a circular aperture due to old breaks. On the opposite side of the disc is an integral single lug that is oval shaped in profile and would have acted as a catch to keep the two halves of the case together. The interior of the case is missing any trace of the original mirror. The exterior surface is flat and smooth, with some slight post-depositional damage at its centre, and has punched decorative elements. These comprise a central voided cross formed from double rows of opposing triangles, with a single vertical row of opposing triangles running between the lugs. The case measures 29.95mm in width, 42.57mm in length, and weighs 6.21g. Mirror cases of similar size and decoration are known from excavated contexts in London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991: pp. 361-362, fig. 241; see also SF-9A7532, SF-C032B0, SF-807EC7 and SF-E62E67). These objects may have been mass produced and are of Medieval date.
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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