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Horseshoe
This corrective horseshoe is intended to prevent 'forging' – when the toe of the hind shoe strikes the front shoe when the horse is trotting. It is a ‘diamond toed’ shoe in which the toe is shaped into a point. It is fullered, with six nail holes. The shoe was made by H. J. W. Duke of Nether Wallop, Hampshire, circa 1945–6, and is part of a large collection of traditional craft products acquired f…
Contributors
- Duke, H. J. W.
Subject
- CRAFTS : metal-working
- LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT : harnessing and shoeing
- LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT : healthcare and wellbeing
- Horse
- Pommel horse
Type of item
- Horseshoe
Date
- 1945/1946
- 1945/1946
Contributors
- Duke, H. J. W.
Subject
- CRAFTS : metal-working
- LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT : harnessing and shoeing
- LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT : healthcare and wellbeing
- 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
- Nether Wallop
- Nether Wallop
- United Kingdom
Provenance
- Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Identifier
- 60/666
- 10047
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading/10047
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-07-31T16:23:25.712Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-10-18T15:44:57.982Z