N° d'objet
2022/146
Description
A housen is a piece of decoration attached to the top of a horse's collar. This is a plain, flat, leather housen with a series of holes along the lower edge, and two holes in the centre. There are two rows on stitch holes along the top edge. The front is inscribed 'J L' and 'J L', one on each side. J L was likely the owner's initals. The housen is splashed with green paint.
Description physique
1 housen: leather
Historique d'archive
Pre-MERL - [document by Bob Powell] 'Housen' donation to MERL' As a young horseman in the Pinchbeck area near Spalding, Lincolnshire, Fred Harlock fancied the two 'housen' with inscribed fronts. In due course Fred was given the housen which he treasured, and passed on to the donor at the end of the 1980s.
Date
1800-01-01 - 1824-12-31
Période de création
Early-nineteenth century
Nom d'objet
Matériel
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