Snaffle Bit

Unknown Artist

4th–5th century

Snaffle Bit by Unknown Artist

Medium

Copper alloy (bronze), iron alloy

Dimensions

W. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); Wt. 7.9 oz. (224 g)

Classification

Equestrian Equipment-Bits

Culture

Italian, Lombardy

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942

Accession Number

42.50.499

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