1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Of tripartite form,prising: the handle, the main mirror plate and tubular binding edge; the reverse of the mirror plate with traces of volute and spiral decoration, once covering the entire surface, thick applied border; separate handleprising three fastening lobes and three openwork rings forming the grip, possibly a marriage. Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1924,0109.1, for a broadly similar example.355 grams, 27 cm (10 1/2 in.). Private collection since the late 1990s. Property of an English collector.Apanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is apanied by search certificate number no.10603-174116. Such mirrors were a unique product of the Celts in Britain, during a period between 300 B.C. and 100 A.D., when they were buried in the graves of queens, high-born princesses and other noblewomen, or in treasure hoards. The majority of these graves are dated between 100 B.C. and 100 A.D. Most of the specimense from Britain (Desborough, Oxfordshire, Old Warden, Shillington, Trelan Bahow, Mayer mirrors), and a few were found in the nearby regions of France or the Low Countries (e.g. the Dordrecht mirror).