Bit Bosses
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These bosses, adorned with a spiral motif partly covered by foliage, decorated the sides of a horse bit.
The exact same bosses, which seem to have been produced in high number in the first half of the 17th century, are visible on several portraits of King Charles I of England painted by Jan van Dyck for example.
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