Horse saddle part?

[metaldetecta]

One is copper or brass, the other is iron. Any idea on age or function?

 

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[metaldetecta]

One is copper or brass, the other is iron. Any idea on age or function?

Sorry

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The first part of your guess ("horse") is correct... but those two objects are not saddle parts, they are "gag swivels" from a horse's bridle. See the scans posted below, showing pages in a 1907 horsegear dealer catalog. Yours has a rounded top-loop rather than a "squared" top-loop, so it is probably from a two-part "gem-swivel," as shown in the catalog's drawing.

 

[metaldetecta]

The first part of your guess ("horse") is correct... but those two objects are not saddle parts, they are "gag swivels" from a horse's bridle. See the scans posted below, showing pages in a 1907 horsegear dealer catalog. Yours has a rounded top-loop rather than a "squared" top-loop, so it is probably from a two-part "gem-swivel," as shown in the catalog's drawing.

Thank you very much for the id

 

[metaldetecta]

Thank you very much for the id

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