100-300 AD, Roman. Beautiful tinned bronze mirror with discoid form, and a flattened, rectangular projecting handle featuring a rounded end. Mirrors such as these were important luxury items in the Roman world. These items were predominately owned by elite women who would have used them in order to aid or check the application of cosmetics. These items are frequently found in graves and sanctuary settings demonstrating their value as both an item of wealth and a possible ritual object. For more on Roman mirrors generally see G. Lloyd-Morgan, 'The antecedents and development of the Roman hand mirror', in H. M. Blake, T. W. Potter and D. B. Whitehouse (eds), Papers in Italian Archaeology I: the Lancaster Seminar. Recent Research in Prehistoric, Classical and Medieval Archaeology, BAR Supplementary Series 41 (Oxford; 1978), 227-35. Excellent condition; beautiful patina; on a custom stand.Size: L:357mm / W:212mm ; 325g; Provenance: From the private collection of a Kent gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK /European art markets.