Onyx black mirror
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Black mirror (soothsayer's magic mirror?) made of onyx in 3 strata, in oval leather case, formerly in the Hamilton Palace collection, (B1632), 1701-1800
Details
- Category:
- Optics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1980-1744
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), leather, silk, brass (copper, zinc alloy), gold tooling, paper (fibre product) and onyx (type of quartz)
- Measurements:
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overall: 31 mm x 120 mm x 84 mm, , .215kg
- type:
- mirror
- credit:
- On loan from the Wellcome Trust
