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These overshoes, for a pony, are made of leather. They would have been strapped around the pony’s hooves and fastened with the buckles. These overshoes were known as ‘lawn shoes’ as they were worn to prevent the hooves damaging the lawn when horses or ponies were used in mowing.

2 shoes: leather

59/388–59/419 were donated to MERL by ‘W. & G. Hales // Later E. Hales Saddler (Brown) & Harness Makers // Sports, travel and Leather Goods Stores’ of 29 Kingston Road, Wimbledon, London., Photocopy of Printed Report - 'Hands On Learning with Reading Museum Service // Transport: horses H543 // Lawn shoe // One of the many items made by the saddler were leather lawn shoes. [...]'

Leather, Metal