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The Portesham mirror

The Portesham mirror (© Dorset County Museum)

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Celtic

Dorset County Museum

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Composed of cast and hammered bronze parts with engraved and chased design on the mirror back. Probably individually composed for the owner and suggests her high social status.

  • Medium: bronze
  • Dimensions: 31 x 19 cm
  • Grant Paid: £18750 ( Total: £75000)
  • ArtFunded in: 1995
  • Vendor: Robert Fraser and John Rule

Provenance

Excavated at Portesham, Dorset, October 1994.


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