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MIRROR CASE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-C48834
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete copper alloy Medieval mirror case. This object represents one half of the original mirror case. It is circular in plan with a 90 degree down turned flanged rim that runs around its circumference. To the rear of the case is a double pin bar lug, that would have accommodated the single lug of the lower case and allowed it to hinge. Opposite this at the front of the case is small pointed knop. The top face of the mirror case is decorated with a crude punched design. Two opposing rows of small punched triangles form a central line (running from between the pin bar lugs). To either side is a similar line, also formed from opposing punched triangles, that prominently peaks in the centre, so that each opposing peak reaches the edge of the circular case. This in effect creates an overall, crude design of a cross. The reverse of the case is plain. Traces of a white cement or adhesive can be seen, which would have held the glass within the case. Similar examples of mirror cases can be seen in Egan and Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2 mm
Diameter: 30 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st April 2013
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Wing (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8622
Four figure Latitude: 51.889931
Four figure longitude: -0.751761
1:25K map: SP8622
1:10K map: SP82SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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