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@alisonfisk.bsky.social

A lovely Romano-British brooch in the form of a cheerful little hare! ❤️ Copper alloy decorated with enamel, 2nd-3rd century AD. 📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... #Archaeology

22/10/26, 6:29 pm146 reposts698 likes

Micromaud

@micromaud.bsky.social

Really really Nice !!! 🙃 was before ⬇️

Micromaud

@micromaud.bsky.social

A curiosity question : how was it attached to clothes ? (Or was it ??) I don’t see the back of the brooch on the Museum page

Oncewassven

@oncewassven.bsky.social

Looks nothing like a hare. Here's a real one for reference.

Sue Fleming

@chefsfleming.bsky.social

Oh that is charming!

sallylowe.bsky.social

@sallylowe.bsky.social

Lovely, and timeless!

Alison Fisk

@alisonfisk.bsky.social

Read about hares in Roman Britain on this link: news-archive.exeter.ac.uk/2020/april/t... Read about Hares in Roman Art on this link: coriniummuseum.org/2021/08/hare...

Mike

@pericles261.bsky.social

Hares were an important food source in the empire. Something that surprised me.😋

Alison Fisk

@alisonfisk.bsky.social

Unlike the hare-loving Iron Age Britons!

Kat at Sail Loft Studio

@nibblekat.bsky.social

Somewhere I have the reproduction sister pin to this, which is a red stag with dots along its torso, the original of which was found in the latrines at Chesters Roman Fort.

DaveTDuck 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@davetduck.bsky.social

Waiter! There's a hare in my dinner!