mirror
- Museum number
- 1979,1002.1
- Description
-
Copper alloy mirror plate. The back is decorated with an engraved abstract design: a positive symmetrical pattern produced with engraved basket-weave texturing. The handle is 1981,0504.1.
- Production date
- 50 BC - AD 50 (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Thickness: 0.60 - 1.80 millimetres (edge)
-
Height: 172 millimetres
-
Weight: 273 grammes
-
Width: 195 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For the handle, see 1981.0504.1
- Location
- On display (G50/dc9)
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2009 Aug-Nov, Newcastle, Great North Museum, Lindow Man
2008-2009 Apr-Apr, Manchester Museum, Lindow Man
1991 24 Mar-8 Dec, Italy, Venice, Palazzo Grassi, I Celti
1986 13 Jun-15 Oct, France, Musee Departmental Breton-Abbaye de Daoulas, L'Armorique et les Celts
1980, London, BM, Celtic Antiquities from Gaul
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Acquisition notes
- Found on the surface of a field, 10th May 1979
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1979,1002.1