1897 No. 104. 112/3 Heavy nickel plated and polished to a mirror finish.
1926–7 199/3 Polishing wool..gives to silver, electro-plate, gold, etc., that beautiful ‘mirror’ finish of newly manufactured articles.
1994 R. Silverberg 286 Fine clothes, pearl-gray suit and orange foulard, boots polished to a mirror finish.