Pair of Bit Bosses
Unknown
ca. 1600 · Copper alloy, gold, enamel · Arms and Armor
This pair of bosses made of gilded bronze are decorated with enameled faux-filigree and a cherub's head in relief at the center. They were adorning both sides of a horse bit.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1600
- Medium
- Copper alloy, gold, enamel
- Culture
- Italian, possibly Venice
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1920
