Try searching for:

mirror (flake,scallop,scalloped)

on ebay (in item description as well as title).  Results in several hits --  
all in Australia curiously enough.

Marty
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From: Richard Wright <[log in to unmask]> 

> I had wondered whether the example I illustrate is a once-off produced by an 
> enthusiastic amateur. 
> 
> However since my original post I find that there was one sold on Ebay that also 
> looks like having a flaked edge. 
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VINTAGE-ART-DECO-BEVELLED-EDGE-WALL-MIRROR_W0QQitemZ23013 
> 8393280QQihZ013QQcategoryZ364QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting 
> 
> The mirror itself is different in shape. So if I am correct in my interpretation 
> of the Ebay item then it looks as if lithic technology was, for a time, 
> generally applied to the decoration of mirrors. 
> 
> Incidentally, in the case of the mirror I illustrate there is no bevel around 
> the edge of the glass before the flakes were struck. So they were struck from a 
> 90 degree intersection between the striking platform and the dorsal surface. 
> 
> How was it done with such regularity of size, form and spacing of flake scars? 
> 
> My speculation is that the glass was held on a flat surface in a jig. There was 
> a weighted bar, with a series of regularly spaced protrusions aligned along its 
> underside to act as punches. This bar then dropped down in runners from a fixed 
> height onto the glass, producing all the scars on one edge simultaneously. I 
> cannot believe that a knapper worked around the edges with a hammer and punch. 
> The scars look too regular in form and spacing. 
> 
> Are these mirrors the only case of the modification of stone age technology to 
> automated mass production of industrial goods? 
> 
> Richard 
> 
>