Object number
58/51
Exhibition
Description
This riding crop has an ivory handle attached to the shaft by a brass ferrule, and a leather strap. It was used by the donor's daughter in Caversham in the early 1940s.
Physical description
1 riding crop: leather, brass, ivory
Label Text
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>Riding crop, 1940sThis riding crop is of a fairly common design and features a handle made of antler. Both pre-war and during the Second World War, items like this were a necessary accessory for farmers, most of whom used horses to move around their land and to check their stock. Horse-based practices became steadily less common as mechanised farming took over. This particular example actually belonged to the donor's daughter who used it throughout the 1940s.MERL 58/51</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_2704.tif - High resolution image
