Object number
54/715
Description
A side saddle allowing the rider to sit aside the horse, rather than astride. Purchased at Reading Cattle Market in the 1950s for 2/6d.
This is a side saddle, a saddle which allowed the rider to side aside the horse, rather than astride. It was purchased at Reading Cattle Market in the 1950s for 2/6d, but the museum holds little other information about its origins, age or manufacture.
Physical description
1 saddle (side): leather; metal
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_10787.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_10788.tif - High resolution image
