Object number
59/120/6
Description
Crupper and breech straps are parts of the harness for a cart horse. Used on Godman Estate, Horsham, and Pepper Gate Farm in Lower Beeding.
This crupper and breech strap are part of the harness for a cart horse. The crupper loops under the horse's tail to stop the harness slipping forward, and the breech strap goes around the haunches of the horse. The harness was used on the Godman Estate in Horsham, West Sussex, and at Pepper Gate Farm in Lower Beeding, West Sussex.
Physical description
crupper and breech band harness: leather
Archival history
Identified on Adlib as 'crupper, breech-band and hip-straps' and as 'crupper and breech band' on the MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History).
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5600.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5603.tif - High resolution image
