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Horseshoe
This horseshoe, for the hind hoof, is for a hunting horse and is therefore designed to cope with travelling quickly over soft ground. This shoe has a three-quarter ‘feather edge’ and is intended to prevent ‘brushing’ – when the horse strikes the inside of one leg with another. It has six nail holes. The shoe was supplied by, and probably made by, a Mr Thomas, of Metcombe, Dorset, circa 1945–6. It …
Contributors
- Thomas, Mr
Subject
- CRAFTS : metal-working
- HUNTING : chasing
- LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT : harnessing and shoeing
- Horse
- Pommel horse
Type of item
- Horseshoe
Date
- 1945/1946
- 1945/1946
Contributors
- Thomas, Mr
Subject
- CRAFTS : metal-working
- HUNTING : chasing
- LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT : harnessing and shoeing
- Horse
- Pommel horse
Type of item
- Horseshoe
Date
- 1945/1946
- 1945/1946
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Places
- Metcombe
Provenance
- Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Identifier
- 60/662
- 10043
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading/10043
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-07-31T16:21:00.456Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-10-18T15:44:57.982Z