Kevin Wilbraham
Face pot from Roman Colchester (Camulodunum) - now part of the collections at Colchester Castle. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Colchester
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@KPW1453

This is hilarious! Especially when you compare it to how the roman mainstream pottery industry looked at this time.

@potterybyosa (just tagging as a fedipotter)

EDIT: lol, I was mistaken 😅, TIL that such face pots were quite a thing in roman pottery. Didn't know.
https://www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/2025/01/17/object-of-the-month-roman-face-pots/

Face pots are what these dudes should use as profile pics on social media instead of marble statues. "You admire Roman culture? Here, take this." 😂

#Pottery #RomanEmpire

Object of the Month: Roman Face Pots - Malton Museum

Roman Face Pots Face pots are among the most intriguing, yet least understood, forms of Roman pottery. Prior to Gillian Braithwaite’s 1984 and 2007 research, they had received little attention. Face pot sherds are not in themselves uncommon, but there are relatively few surviving complete pots. As with most surviving Roman pottery, they are usually […]

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