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18thC Brass & Steel Fleam for Bleeding Horses american total cheek length ( not

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Description

total cheek length ( not including curb rein rings) 7" (18

There is some light surface oxidation on the bit which could be burnished off

Dimensions : 17cm (6½")long

The book's full title is "Horse portraiture embracing breeding

height 9" (22

18thC Brass & Steel Fleam for Bleeding Horses american total cheek length ( notThis antique veterinary tool consists of three steel blades in a brass caseOne of the blades is stamped "BAM +", this was the mark of Jonathan Sutton, a cutlery maker registered in Sheffield in the late 18th Century. A fleam was used to cut into a horse's jugular vein to "let blood", which was believed to be therapeutic until the mid nineteenth century. Apparently the actual process involved hitting the fleam with a wooden club to cut into the vein

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