Bit Boss. Culture: French, Limoges. Dimensions: Diam. 3 5/16 in. (10 cm); Wt. 1.3 oz. (36.9 g). Date: 16th century.The center of this circular bit boss is decorated with a putto on a green ground. He holds an arrow in his raised hand, a quiver and a bow in the other. A substantial part on the right side, including the putto's left arm, is an old restoration. The rim is decorated with a frieze of blue, green and yellow scallops on a dark blue ground adorned with foliate scrolls painted in gold. Few of them are actually original, the restored part also covering the original rivets' holes used for attaching the boss to the side of a horse bit.The word originally painted in gold on the putto's side starts with OCH (likely to be the first letters of the middle French word Ochaision). It has been completed in the restored patch by PIDO for Cupido, (the restorer apparently not recognizing the letters OCH.) The word ochaision (occasion in contemporary French), mea

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Bit Boss. Culture: French, Limoges. Dimensions: Diam. 3 5/16 in. (10 cm); Wt. 1.3 oz. (36.9 g). Date: 16th century.The center of this circular bit boss is decorated with a putto on a green ground. He holds an arrow in his raised hand, a quiver and a bow in the other. A substantial part on the right side, including the putto's left arm, is an old restoration. The rim is decorated with a frieze of blue, green and yellow scallops on a dark blue ground adorned with foliate scrolls painted in gold. Few of them are actually original, the restored part also covering the original rivets' holes used for attaching the boss to the side of a horse bit.The word originally painted in gold on the putto's side starts with OCH (likely to be the first letters of the middle French word Ochaision). It has been completed in the restored patch by PIDO for Cupido, (the restorer apparently not recognizing the letters OCH.) The word ochaision (occasion in contemporary French), mea

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