The Three-Hare Window of Paderborn.

The Paderborn cathedral is primarily a 13th century structure, but the Dreihasenfenster (the Three-Hare Window) was added in the 16th century. Notice that each hare has two ears, but altogether there is only one ear per hare. Here's a poem that goes with it:

"Der Hasen und der Löffel drei,

und doch hat jeder Hase zwei."

[The hares and ears are three,

and yet each hare has two[, you see].]

Via David Singmaster's The Three Rabbits and Similar Puzzles

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And my partner and i are jewelers and we make the three hares:

http://markdefrates.com/pages/3haresl.html#Anchor-44867

and

http://markdefrates.com/pages/3haresaul.html#Anchor-49575

:)