A 19th Century Steel Twisted Snaffle - Bit905 snaffle This catalogue is dated January

This catalogue is dated January 1906It has a red soft cover with an image of a horse's head on the front

Th flask is engraved :

Don Juan de Segundo designed several mouthpieces and described and illustrated them in "A Treatise on the Bitting of Horses"

London in 1902

In his 1911 book "The History of the Spur" Charles de Lacy records such stirrups being used in Southern Greece and the Balkans

A 19th Century Steel Twisted Snaffle - Bit905 snaffle This catalogue is dated JanuaryThis heavy bit is made of steel with a dark aged patina. It has a jointed mouthpiece, both canons of the mouthpiece are twistedThe bit rings are flat in profile and can turnOne bit ring is stamped "Best Steel" and possibly "D & Co". Dimensions : mouthpiece 14. 5cm (5"), Rings 10cm (4") Weight 493g (1lb 1 oz)