Objectnummer
51/378
Beschrijving
This horseshoe was dug up during drainage operations at Colville Hall in White Riding, Essex, and is of the type common in 1100-1550. The donor believed it to be an ox shoe but it is more likely to be that of a horse, as ox shoes tend to be made in two parts to allow for inter-movement of the two halves of the foot. Its small size suggests that it was probably worn by a riding horse rather than a farm horse, although farm horses were smaller in the past. Colville Hall was once owned by Sir Humphrey Browne, Master of the Horse to Henry VIII.
Fysieke kenmerken
1 horse shoe, badly corroded but still fairly intact.
Archiefgeschiedenis
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This horse shoe was dug up during drainage operations at Colville Hall. Many of this type have been found on the farm. According to Gordon Ward in the Transaction of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society (Vol. 53), the shoe is of the Medieval and Packhorse group which he dates between 1100 and 1550. There is a complete absence of fullering, countersinking and clips, a feature of the shoes of this period. // Coleville Hall was at one time in the possession of Sir Humphrey Browne, Master of the Horse to Henry VIII. // The shoe is badly corroded but fairly intact. It measures 4.75” across.'
Datum
1480-01-01 - 1530-01-01
Objectnaam
Materiaal
Elektronisch document
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