51/551

A housen is a piece of decoration or protective cape attached to the top of a horse's collar. This housen is made of thick leather and has three straps for attaching it to the collar, and engraved brass plates at the top corners.

1 housen: leather

Identical to 51/550., Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // Horse furniture // 50-51. 2 housen, James Powel, Garford' (Inferred that this is one of the pair that Lavinia Smith lists - potentially paired with 51/550), Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // Horsese [sic] // 5. leather housen bought of Gibbons of Abingdon who had got it at the sale of an old famer James Powell of Garford, whose monogram is on the shields. // 6. Ditto' (The pair seem to have been catalogued twice on two separate lists), Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 353 // Housen or Housing // Lent by MERL Miss Smith c.' (This description could also be in reference to 51/552 and 51/550)

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)
Powell, James