268 ROMANO-BRITISH REMAINS AT TRELAN. 
Smith’s Inventoriwum Sepulchrale,* and described as having been 
found in a coffined grave about 34 feet deep, together with remains 
of unburnt bones, glass beads, and remains of articles of personal 
use and ornament, both of brass and iron, from which it was 
concluded that the grave was that of a female. The mirror is 
thus described by Mr. Faussett, the finder: ‘it is of mixed metal, 
“flat and circular: it is very highly polished on one side: it is 
‘near five inches diameter and somewhat convex on the polished 
“side; it is much injured by rust, but not so much but that one 
“may plainly see one’s face in it.” He then describes the handle 
which was found near it, but detached by a recent blow, and was 
the same length as the diameter of the mirror. The handle of 
the Gilton mirror is straight, and was either ornamentally turned 
in a lathe, or cast from a turned mould, and was grooved at its 
upper end for the reception of the edge of the mirror plate; it 
appears to have had no surface ornament and no rim. ‘This and 
the following specimen are now in the Museum munificently pre- 
sented by Mr. Joseph Mayer to the town of Liverpool. 
2. This specimen was purchased in Paris by Mr. J. C. Robin- 
son, as a Celtic or Gallo-Roman mirror; the place of discovery 
unknown: but Mr. Albert Way and Mr. Franks agree in con- 
sidering it Celtic, from the ornamentation of its back. It is 64 
inches in diameter and has an ornamental handle (Archeol: 
Journal, Vol. xxvi, page 72). 
3. This specimen is in the Museum of the Archeological 
Society of Bedford, and was found in the excavations for the 
Warden Tunnel of the Midland Railway, about six miles from 
Bedford. Mr. James Wyatt of that place informs me that when 
found it was broken into two parts, is 7? inches in diameter, has 
a looped handle 34 inches long; one side was polished, the other 
“ presents,’ as Mr. Albert Way says, in his elaborate paper on 
“Bronze Relics of the late Celtic period,” (Archeol : Journal, 
xxvi, p. 71), “‘one of the most typical examples of the trumpet- 
“shaped decorations hitherto obtained: it is wholly produced by 
“ delicate zigzag work, executed with much delicacy and precision.” 
comers ke neers is slightly kidney-shaped. The handle may have 
“been enriched with enamel.” ‘The site of its deposit is near places 
* Privately printed, 4to, 1856, London. 
