Object number
58/125
Description
This face piece consists of a black leather strap with a horseshoe-shaped brass at the top and a heart-shaped brass at the bottom
Horse brasses were fastened to various parts of the horse’s harness, and a horse could wear up to three hundred at a time. The face piece would hang from the bridle between the blinkers. This face piece consists of a black leather strap with a horseshoe-shaped brass at the top and a heart-shaped brass at the bottom. Nothing is known of its origin.
Physical description
1 horse brass: leather; metal (brass); good condition
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