Souvenirs From Hadrian's Wall
An article in my FB feed today about an exhibit at Chesters Fort in England had the best teaser line. I would have sent this to my mom..."Coffee cups, Mom. Coffee cups." "Collecting objects as a way of safeguarding memories is an extremely old idea." MEMENTO: SOUVENIRS FROM HADRIAN’S WALL To celebrate 1900 years of Hadrian’s Wall, Chesters has a new exhibition displaying nearly two millenia of keepsakes, including one of the Wall’s earliest souvenirs, the Rudge Cup. Made around 130AD, the Rudge Cup is a small bronze bowl with the names of five forts inscribed on it and an illustration of the wall. It is thought to have been made for a high-ranking soldier or civil official who was stationed on the Wall. The Rudge Cup will join a host of keepsakes from the Wall, including a large replica bust of Hadrian, a piece of the wooden fort at Carlisle and a tin filled with scavenged fragments, which were discovered on a visit to Chesters in 1891, according to the handwritte...