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