Curb Bit first half 19th century Mexican The shanks of this particularly elegant bit are shaped as waving serpents, their bodies inlaid in silver and their eyes with red stone. More serpents adorn the slobber bar and the chains for attaching the reins. The purchases are chiseled and decorated with a silver rose on bit is a Mexican version of a spade bit (type of mouthpiece from California), the spade being the flat extension at the top pressing against the horse’s palate when the reins are pulled. The small copper pendants had the purpose of ‘entertaining’ the horse, who, by playing

Curb Bit first half 19th century Mexican The shanks of this particularly elegant bit are shaped as waving serpents, their bodies inlaid in silver and their eyes with red stone. More serpents adorn the slobber bar and the chains for attaching the reins. The purchases are chiseled and decorated with a silver rose on bit is a Mexican version of a spade bit (type of mouthpiece from California), the spade being the flat extension at the top pressing against the horse’s palate when the reins are pulled. The small copper pendants had the purpose of ‘entertaining’ the horse, who, by playing with it with its tongue, would salivate and relax its jaw. Moreover, copper, reacting by electrolysis with the warmth and the moisture of the mouth, has a pleasant taste to horses and helps them to accept the Curb Bit. Mexican. first half 19th century. Iron alloy, copper, silver, stone. Equestrian Equipment-Bits

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