Record ID: SF-000596
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy mirror dating to circa 150 BC-AD 100. The extant element consists of the handle. The upper element bifurcates into two arms which would held the held the mirror in a slot at the apex. Faint traces of the mirror are contained within the slot. The arms terminate in old, worn breaks. Below is positioned a transverse raised collar which gives way to a circular-sectioned oval loop. Siutated beneath is a rectangular sectioned base. The piece is now heavily abraded with a dark green patina. A similar example is recorde…
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF6712
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast copper-alloy mirror handle, now very corroded, with many tiny holes in the metal. In the centre of the fragment is a transverse oval disc measuring 17 x 18 mm, which is decorated with a groove around its circumference. From the bottom of this disc the handle tapers to a waist and then flares out again into a bifurcation. Each half is circular in section and ends in a fresh break which shows many small holes. From the top of the central disc the handle again tapers to a waist, and then flares again; there is a V-shaped groove here giving the effect of another bifurc…
Created on: Friday 7th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WESTERFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.