Record ID: DOR-7D6391
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy mirror. The handle of a mirror which has been broken into two pieces. The handle comprises two loops separated by oval transverse collars and a bi-lobed involute looped slotted mount where the missing plate of the mirror was attached. The lower, terminal loop is sub-circular and the central loop is oval. They are separated by an oval collar. The frame is circular in cross section. At the top of the oval loop is a second oval collar separating it from the bi-lobed involute looped terminal. The loops of the terminal are open and have a lozengifor…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: ESS-FA4008
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy and tin (speculum) mirror (Llyoyd-Morgan Group K) of Roman date (c.43-410). Description: The object remains as a sub-rectangular fragment of the edge of the circular mirror. One side is flat, while the other curves towards the edge. The curved rim has six whole and two half circular drilled holes running in a line, bordering the edge. The holes are countersunk so that in cross-section they appear as two truncated cones which join at the apex. The holes on the reverse have wider openings than on the reflective side. Beneath this bor…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F342E6
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of a Roman copper alloy mirror, all edges broken not recently. Both surfaces retain the shiny patination which is characteristic of speculum, an alloy with a high tin content, but one is highly polished and very smooth. 15.8 x 10.4mm. Thickness 1mm. Weight 1.03g. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Sunday 17th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8B7587
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman copper alloy mirror, all edges broken. Both polished surfaces retain the shiny patination which is characteristic of speculum, an alloy with a high tin content. 36.6 x 18.5mm. Thickness 1.6mm. Weight 6.87g. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Saturday 18th November 2023
Last updated: Saturday 18th November 2023
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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.

Record ID: SUR-CB9B17
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An cast copper alloy fragment of a Late Iron Age or Early Roman cast copper alloy mirror handle. The object has a curved, tapering arm with a sub rounded cross section. The wider end has a flat oval terminal, 14.1mm in maximum diameter, decorated around the outside with a band of alternating thin beaded and thicker rounded ridges and with a flat undecorated end face. The narrow end of the arm curves to an old break. There is a deep slot cut into the object on the convex side which runs around 2/3 of the way along and half way across the flat face of the termina…
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
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Record ID: WILT-D3973B
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman copper alloy waisted mirror handle, dating to c AD 43-410. It is a solid octagonal cone, with flat octagonal base, which narrows to a slightly splayed flat end above a collar. This flat, sub rectangular terminal is split into two rigid parts which would have attached to the mirror plate. Dimensions: 59.4mm in height; 20.4mm in width (base), 22.0mm in width across the split end; 53.43g in weight See The Salisbury Museum Collections, Accession number: SBYWM:1954.49 for a similar example from East Winterslow, Wiltshire. Also, see LANCUM-9E1E16 …
Created on: Monday 17th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-484EA1
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy looped fragment, potentially of later Iron Age or very early Roman date (c. 150 BC - 100 AD), possibly a tankard or mirror handle. The fragment has a rounded loop at one end and a bifurcation at the other, which ends in an old break. Both sides have grooves up the midline, which give the impression of the object as a single strand, bent into shape. There is no evidence of any attachment points or fixings for other components. See NMS-9DE3D5, NMS-8C56F3, HESH-B30272, DOR-F12EF3 and BERK-2BF22B for comparable object…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hayling Island', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A4E93B
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably an incomplete Roman copper-alloy mirror handle. This artefact weighs 22.45g, has an incomplete length of 70.1mm, maximum width of 44.4mm and maximum thickness of 6.0mm. The surface of this fragment has a dark brownish-grey patina with small patches of green copper corrosion showing through. The handle shaft has an abraded irregular break at the distal end. This shaft has a subtle hexagonal shaped cross-section that more readily appears, at quick glance, to be oval. At the break the shaft has a width of 5.8mm x thickness 4.9mm. The shaft then expands slightly to width 6.8…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-5268FD
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy decorative mount, probably the mount for a handle from a late Iron Age to Roman mirror dating c. 100BC-100AD.  The object is sub-triangular in plan with an elongated figure of eight cross-section. The longer edge gently curves into a central concave recess with slightly convex edges each side. Within the recess is a possible circular scar approximately 7mm in diameter. The opposing side extends at centre to a convex hemispherical projection with concave sides descending into short …
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: SF-29F39B
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a possible Roman copper-alloy (with high tin content) mirror dating to circa aD 43-410. The object is irregularly shaped with six fresh breaks along the edges. The surface is silvery suggesting a high tin content.  See a similar examples recorded with the PAS from Suffolk for comparison: SF-1D957B, SF-6A4663, NMS-47A725, NMS-242E75 and SF-9D4565 Length: 19.2mm, width: 15.3mm, thickness: 1.4mm, weight: 2.42g
Created on: Monday 4th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-68C744
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Polygonal shaped copper alloy fragment of a flat plate (36mm x 33mm), possibly part of a Roman mirror. Only one original surface remains, which is that of an outside curve, bordered with three complete and one partially complete ring and dot motifs, on the inside of which is a twin shallow grooved decoration that follows the line of the outer curve. The reverse has a twin-grooved border set slightly further apart than its counterpart and without ring and dot. The curvature of the decoration and outer curve if taken to the full circle suggests an object of around 200mm diameter. The br…
Created on: Sunday 30th January 2022
Last updated: Sunday 30th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-8491D2
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment (14.4 x 13.4mm) of a Roman copper alloy mirror, all edges broken. Both polished surfaces retain the shiny patination which is characteristic of speculum, an alloy with a high tin content. Thickness 1.2mm. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
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Record ID: NLM-686E95
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mirror case, as kindly identuified by Laura Burnett, citing  https://finds.org.uk/counties/findsrecordingguides/mirror-cases/. Cast discoid lightly concavo-convex half of a case, with opposed lugs: one perhaps the seat of a hinged lid with a protruding spindle in situ, and the other a comma-shaped catch. Relicts of a stamped pattern including a bisecting line of faint dots appear on the outer convex surface. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1350-1400 Diameter (clear of catch etc.): 30.2mm, Height (i.e. protrusion): 4mm, Thickness (at rim/edge): 1mm, Weight: 7.23gms
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-559BF6
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragmented copper-alloy with cast copper-alloy handle and engraved decoration. Dating to the period c.75 – 25 BC. Description: The mirror and handle are in multiple pieces, the majority of which were found by the finders with a small number of fragments particularly of the handle were later recovered by archaeological investigations. Of these fragments there are three larger pieces representing part of the centre and bottom of the mirrors plate including a section with the split end and upper section of the cast handle attached. Numerous other fragments were also…
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South-West Medway', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8C56F3
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age or Early Roman cast copper alloy mirror handle. The upper part bifurcates and the two arms have the remains of a slot in the upper edge and stumps of missing integral loops to accommodate the disc of the mirror (scraps of which remain in the slot). One terminal is broken, the other splays slightly to a straight blunt end (oval-sectioned 10 x 9mm). both arms spring from an integral D-shaped transverse collar, below which is an oval teardrop-shaped loop (circular-sectioned, 6mm). Extant width 39mm. Extant height/length 62mm…
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-BA5344
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy mirror handle of Iron Age date, c.800BC-100BC. The handle comprises of a circular sectioned shank terminating in two loops at each end. The handle of the handle swells in four areas marked by triple circumferential collars. Two of the collars taper into the integrally cast keeled loop terminals at either end of the handle. Between the two middle collars there is a slight depression, with a singular circumferential collar within. At its smallest point, the diameter of the handle is 10.72mm, rising to 17.06mm for each of the triple circumferential collars at…
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2021
Last updated: Sunday 26th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Colne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-540265
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible fragment of Roman copper-alloy mirror. It is a dark colour with a high polish on both faces. One face is slightly pitted by corrosion, and the other has faint traces on concentric rings, probably polishing marks. Both faces are absolutely flat, and the thickness is extremely consistent over the fragment, between 1.3 and 1.4mm. The fragment is approximately sub-rectangular, but no edge is certainly original. It measures approximately 21mm x 14mm and weighs 2.96g. Compare SF-518E1E, SF-76FD9B, etc.
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th January 2020
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Record ID: SF-7C958E
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a possible copper-alloy probable mirror of Roman date. The object is an irregular triangular shape with breaks along two sides and the original curved edge along the third suggesting that the original object was circular. There is a silvery patch on one face, which may be part of a reflective coating. Post-depositional corrosion has resulting in extensive pitting on both faces. See a similar examples recorded with the PAS from Suffolk for comparison: SF-518E1E, SF-1D957B, SF-6A4663, NMS-47A725, NMS-242E75 and SF-9D4565 Length: 29.50mm, width: 33.39mm, thickness: 2.…
Created on: Friday 24th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-06C2E3
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified object of probable Post Medieval date, about AD 1500 - 1900, possibly a speculum mirror. It is a plain copper alloy disc, covered with a very smooth silver or white metal coating. There is no visible design or decoration. It has a rounded edge and faint scratches on both faces. It is similar to the size of a Victorian Florin coin, but is unlike a coin because one face is flat and the other is convex. There is no evidence of attachment or damage, so does not appear to be a button. It is 27mm diameter, 2mm thick and 7.2g. It is possible that the object is a mirror; th…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2019
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