The Etymology of ‘The Bronze Pig’ 

The name “the Bronze Pig” unites 3 simple facts.

1) Pompeo’s Italian national origins although being Sicilian took inspiration from the bronze fountain of a boar in the Mercato Nuovo in Florence.

2) The celebration of a long-standing friendship with a loyal friend who has a profound love of pigs and boars of all shapes and sizes and

3) The fact that the restaurant is based in Lincoln and commemorates the Votive Bronze Boar miniature statuette from the late 1st century AD housed at The Collection in the Art and Archaeology Museum in Lincoln.

Il Porcellino

Meaning ‘piglet’ is the nickname for the famous bronze fountain of a boar in the Mercato Nuovo marketplace in Florence, Italy. We find this fitting and inspiring to us as throughout time the boar has been a potent symbol of courage and prowess to many cultures around the world.