Object Description
A Roman bronze plate brooch depicting a rabbit, decorated with enamel. The brooch features a resting rabbit, recognisable from the shorter ears and more compact body. The body is flat at its centre, with gently rounded edges, allowing for the addition of two recessed cells to the body, at some point richly decorated with enamel. The cells are formed into a smaller rabbit form, thus depicting two young kits, opposite each other. One cell still retains some enamel. The reverse of the brooch features the original pin and hinge, but the catch plate is missing.
Date: Circa 2nd century AD