Bit Boss or Ornamental Plaquette
Unknown
late 16th–17th century · Iron · Arms and Armor
This circular plaquette, cast in iron, is adorned with a lion’s head circled by a vegetal garland. It would have decorated the sides of a horse bit or other small object, like a powder flask or a pistol.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 16th–17th century
- Medium
- Iron
- Culture
- possibly German
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942
