old farmstead find, help with ID please........

[julesjunk]

Found this at an 1840's farming homestead in central Missouri. Other items of interest found were several flat buttons, Tombac buttons, much cast iron pieces round/cooking utensil in nature, misc. cutlery items, a couple buckles, and a German 1 pfennig coin dated 1833 (fun find). The current owners said the original settlers were German immigrants.
Item is 3 3/4" across, and 4 1/2" tall. Corrosion is too bad to tell if the item ever hinged/was loose at the center. The offset at the end suggests a buckle sort of use. Possibly something used on a horse/oxen?? Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Jules

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Family Maps of Hinds County, Mississippi, Deluxe Edition - Grab it through Amazon!

[Rob66]

Buckle for me. I've keep seeing all kinds on the Net. Being Iron I'm with you, animal harness.

 

[CRUSADER]

Horse bit

 

[mojjax]

Horse bit

This pic is from an 1895 Montgomery Ward catalogue . It looks similar to yours . Double cheek bit , used for breaking colts .

 

[stefen]

Snaffle bit...variations still made and used today.

 

[julesjunk]

This pic is from an 1895 Montgomery Ward catalogue . It looks similar to yours . Double cheek bit , used for breaking colts .

Thanks mojjax.
The visual is much appreciated!

 

[Felinepeachy]

It's the same thing that we use today called an English Full Cheek Snaffle bit. I've used these for training but I prefer to wrap the bit in rubber.

 

[Montana Jim]

Great pic Peachkins...

mojjax - holy crap that old monkey-ward catalog is coming in handy!

 

[mojjax]

Great pic Peachkins...

mojjax - holy crap that old monkey-ward catalog is coming in handy!

It's a reproduction of one . But , it's great . I just got it at a yard sale last weekend - very handy for this old stuff !

 

[julesjunk]

Horse bit

This pic is from an 1895 Montgomery Ward catalogue . It looks similar to yours . Double cheek bit , used for breaking colts .

Just out of curiosity, what do you suppose XC plate means?? I'm assuming it's a reference to some form of metal plating. I ran a search to see when chrome came about. I found this.......

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem03/chem03387.htm

Any thoughts?