Accession No

1904.155


Description

Section of a mirror case. Circular disc with shallow concave centre, with two protruding lugs at one end and fragment of a lug on the other side. Punched double lines of opposing triangles in the form of a cross.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Mildenhall


Period

Medieval


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1904.155


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

37mm


Events

Context (Display)
Previously mounted on plain paper-wrapped display board with handwritten label.
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth


Description (Physical description)
Lid of perfume box. Incised decoration
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Accession Register: 'From neighbourhood of Mildenhall, 1903.'
Event Date 1903
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'The lid of a small ?seal-box, ornamented with a star in dotted lines.'
Event Date 1904
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Section of a mirror case. Circular disc with shallow concave centre, with two protruding lugs at one end and fragment of a lug on the other side. Punched double lines of opposing triangles in the form of a cross.
Event Date 5/12/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth


FM:21037

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