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This horse's bit consists of two short metal bars with a spiral twist linked together. Bought at Reading Cattle Market for 1 shilling.
This horse's bit consists of two short metal bars with a spiral twist linked together, with a metal ring slotted through loops at each end and another set of metal rings encircling the ends of the bar. The bit is either solid nickel or nickel-plated. The Museum bought the bit at Reading Cattle Market for 1 shilling.

1 bit (horses): metal

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘Bit // DATE ACQUIRED: // GROUP: // NEGATIVE: 35/3611 // PERIOD: // PLACE OF ORIGIN: Purchased from the Reading Cattle Market // NUMBER: // DESCRIPTION: This bit consists of two short metal bars with a spiral twist which are linked together at their narrower ends. Each bar measures 3 ¾ inches. Two rings with diameter 3 inches are slotted through loops at the wider ends of the two bars. Two other rings of the same diameter encircle the bars themselves. The bit is marked “Solid Nickel” but may be nickel plated. It was purchased from Reading Cattle Market for 1/–.', MERL ‘Associated information’ form – ‘Name of Object: // Age…: // Name and address of present owner: // Description of use to which it was put…: [pencil sketch]’