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52/281/1
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[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is a breaking bit, thought to originate from either Buckingham or Aylesbury. The keys handing from the bit encourage young horses to take the bit. The museum holds little no further information about this object.
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1 horse bit (breaking): metal
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL ‘Associated information’ form – ‘Name of Object: Breaking bit // Age…: Neg 35/1811, 1812 // Name and address of present owner: [...] // Description of use to which it was put…: Buckingham or Aylesbury’, Letter, Donor to Mr Higgs, 23 October 1952 - '... I am afraid I cannot tell you a lot about the objects I brought in, except that they all were picked up in the vicinity of Buckingham or Aylesbury. ...'
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Greater London [region]
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