ROMANO-BRITISH BRONZE SEAL STATUETTE Circa 1st-2nd century AD A cast bronze model of a seal with extended forepaws; probably based on a bird-ring bowl mount. Bronze, 26 grams, 39 mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition. Very rare. Provenance Garrett collection, West Sussex, UK; found Lincolnshire. Footnotes Quote from Adam Daubney, Finds Liaison Officer, Lincolnshire regarding this find: "These 'bird-rings' are of unknown function, though I suspect they were used as bucket mounts. Buckets were often used as ritual vessels during ceremonies and it is possible that they were attached to the handles of the buckets in a similar way to the bovine heads we often see. They certainly were not used as finger-rings or toe-rings as some people suggest. The tail of the seal confuses me though. Its not quite right for a seal, but then its not quite right for a bird either. Either way I think we are in the first or second century AD. Romano-British. Very nice!"
ROMANO-BRITISH BRONZE SEAL STATUETTE Circa 1st-2nd century AD A cast bronze model of a seal with extended forepaws; probably based on a bird-ring bowl mount. Bronze, 26 grams, 39 mm (1 1/2"). Fine condition. Very rare. Provenance Garrett collection, West Sussex, UK; found Lincolnshire. Footnotes Quote from Adam Daubney, Finds Liaison Officer, Lincolnshire regarding this find: "These 'bird-rings' are of unknown function, though I suspect they were used as bucket mounts. Buckets were often used as ritual vessels during ceremonies and it is possible that they were attached to the handles of the buckets in a similar way to the bovine heads we often see. They certainly were not used as finger-rings or toe-rings as some people suggest. The tail of the seal confuses me though. Its not quite right for a seal, but then its not quite right for a bird either. Either way I think we are in the first or second century AD. Romano-British. Very nice!"
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