- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Mirror of steel on brass backing and handle. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 15/10/2010]
- Long description
- Mirror of steel on brass backing and handle. The metal is incised on front with circular pattern and two stylised birds ? on the handle. The back is incised with a flower shape inside a circle. Also a heart-shaped hole in the handle. [JP 8/11/2000]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1917
- Date collected
- By 1917
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1917
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Material Steel Metal, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 303 mm, Width: max 84 mm mirror face, Width: max 112 mm, Length: max 105 mm mirror face
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1917.14.29
Search terms: Toilet, Mirror, Toilet Article
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