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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy mirror case of Medieval date. This item is one-half of a two part folding mirror case. The case is circular in plan and slightly hollowed with a lipped edge for taking the, now missing, mirror on the reverse. There are an integrally cast hinge fitting and hooked clasp protruding from opposite sides of the case. The hinge fitting consists of two flat sub-round lugs, set at 90 degrees to the case, with a short circular sectioned axis bar still in situ between the two lugs. The clasp consists of a single sub-round lug, set at 90 degrees to the case, with a notch where it adjoins the lip of the case lid.The external surface of the mirror case is decorated with eleven separately cast and attached decorative knops. The attachment points for these knops can be seen on the inside of the case lid, where they have been riveted in place. Ten of these knops are short, hollow cylindrical protruberances with remnants of degraded enamel around their bases. The eleventh knop, which is located at the centre of the lid, has a separate square sheet of copper-alloy, with enamel traces (possibly white or yellow), at its base. Traces of a further five such squares of yellow or white enamel, although without separately riveted square sheets of copper-alloy, are evident spaced around the outer edge of the lid inbetween the already noted knops.The case is slightly bent and has a crack in the edge adjacent to the clasp fitting.Two-part mirror cases are dated to the mid-twelfth to mid-fifteenth centuries, c.1150-1450. Compare SUR-72FC46, WILT-3CA276 and LIN-98C335.
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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