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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy bridle-bit fitting with a complete wrought copper alloy S-shaped suspension hook. Length of surviving part 104mm, maximum width of arms 69mm and 9mm thick. Weight 69.38g. The object comprises a central part, sub-oval in cross-section, with an integral loop for suspension which is sub circular in cross-section. The loop is incomplete. At each side of the central part are two projecting arms which curve downwards. These arms are sub-oval in cross-section. The ends of the central part and the projecting arms have old breaks. Dr Kevin Leahy, Finds Adviser to the Portable Antiquities Scheme, has drawn attention to a nineteenth-century American bridle catalogue showing Riding and Driving Bits. This object is very similar to some of those illustrated in the catalogue.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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