A SHAFRON in Italian early 17th Century style, comprising main plate shaped to the front of the horse's head and round the eyes, riveted ear-pieces and hinged poll-plate, the former each with applied iron rosette, the latter with applied flowerhead on a scallop shell, an extended acorn and leaf between, prominent central pyramidal spike on a leaf-calyx, and with recessed turned roped borders and brass lining rivets throughout