51/792

Oxshoes are nailed or glued to the ox's hooves to protect the hooves from wear and tear. This is a small oxshoe with a rounded end and a hook. Nothing is known of its origin.

1 oxshoe: iron; good condition

Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // Cattle appliances // 47. Virginia ox shoe // 48. West Virgina ox shoe. Still used there' (Could also be in reference to 51/790/1-4 and 51/791), Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) [page 18] - 'No.46 // [pencil sketch] // 1/2 Ox's Shoe' (Sketch is recorded in Smith's catalogue as number 46, yet the catalogue entry is number 47/48)

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)