Bit Boss first half 17th century probably Netherlandish The domed center of this ornamental boss is adorned with radiating ribs in openwork, circled by a rim composed of a frieze of object belongs to a large group of bosses using a series of rims and centers combined in different ways. The exact center of production of these bosses is still unclear. If the motifs used are Italian, the scale of the production and the process of combining a series of rims and center recalls contemporary German practices. Some of them, however, are identical or very similar to bosses seen in severa

Bit Boss first half 17th century probably Netherlandish The domed center of this ornamental boss is adorned with radiating ribs in openwork, circled by a rim composed of a frieze of object belongs to a large group of bosses using a series of rims and centers combined in different ways. The exact center of production of these bosses is still unclear. If the motifs used are Italian, the scale of the production and the process of combining a series of rims and center recalls contemporary German practices. Some of them, however, are identical or very similar to bosses seen in several early 17th-century Netherlandish paintings, a likely origin for the manufacture of these Bit Boss. probably Netherlandish. first half 17th century. Copper alloy. Equestrian Equipment-Bits

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