Bit Boss
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The domed center of this boss is decorated with a frieze of alternating cherubs’ heads and grotesque masks, circled by volutes and palmettes on the rim.
Bit bosses were ornamental elements decorating both sides of a horse bit. The hat-shape design, probably inspired by ancient shield bosses excavated at the time, was very popular in Italy and France in the 16th and early 17th century
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