4.5" Adonis Nickel Silver Liverpool Driving Bit - Bit947 gents-whip Robson & Cooper were a

Robson & Cooper were a company of saddlers founded in York in 1840 who closed in 2015

Dimensions : Staghorn : 3¼" (9

Dimensions : 5½" (14cm) x 5¼" (13

5cm (15½")

Dimensions : Width 4½" (11

4.5" Adonis Nickel Silver Liverpool Driving Bit - Bit947 gents-whip Robson & Cooper were aThis is an early 20th century nickel silver driving bit . It has an aged, brown patina but could be burnished to a shine. The cheeks are stamped "Adonis", "Nickel Silver", "Facer" and "Spalding". Harry Facer was a harness maker, I have found an image of his shop on the London Road in Spalding, dated 1906. The straight bar mouthpiece is half twisted or reversible. The cheeks can turn, each has two curb rein slots. The bit has its original nickel curb