The Portesham mirror

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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