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MIRROR CASE
Unique ID: WILT-EFF0EC
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval copper alloy mirror case, probably dating to c. AD 1250-1400. The mirror case survives almost complete, with the two elements still articulated. The mirror case consists of two cast discs with down-turned edges and from which project two lugs on one side and a single lug from the other, both on the longitudinal median line. The two discs are alligned so that the single lug fits between the corresponding pair on the other disc, with one group perforated to form a transverse hinge, retaining a separate copper alloy axis bar. Both discs are decorated with bands of punched addorsed triangles, with one following the longitudinal median line and a concave line in each angle, creating a cruciform appearance.
The hinge of the case remains freely articulated, and can be opened; the original glass of the mirror has been degraded but the cement which is retained around the edges reveals it to have originally been octagonal in shape.
Length 41.7mm; width 29.0mm; thickness 7.7mm; Weight 11.90g.
cf. Egan & Pritchard (2002: 362) nos. 1714-1716, excavated in London from Contexts dated to c. AD 1270-1350; also Saunders (2012: 105, 133) nos. 163-164.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.7 mm
Width: 29 mm
Thickness: 7.7 mm
Weight: 11.9 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5499
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: West Lavington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU0153
Four figure Latitude: 51.2761454
Four figure longitude: -1.98704796
1:25K map: SU0153
1:10K map: SU05SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saunders, P. | 2012 | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 4 | Salisbury | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | p.90-142 |
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