It is impressive and surprising (as a matter of fact this is the only known example in the Greek west) the frequency with which these objects, usually considered as simple bath utensils, appears in the grave goods between the second half of the VI century b.C. and the first half of the IV century b.C.

Probably they were considered some sort of prestige goods and it's not difficult to figure it out judging their refined beauty (a clear example of the high level reached by the handicraft of Magna Graecia).

Especially their handles are important since they record many interesting information regarding the artistic expressions of their age and, moreover, regarding how the bronze was worked during that age helping us to understand the techniques that were used to build the bronze statues which didn't ever reach our age and, of which, those mirrors are a representation at a smaller scale.