Georgetown, TX
Details
- Dimensions
- 3.25ʺW × 3.25ʺD × 4ʺH
- Period
- 1950s
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Brass
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brass
- Condition Notes
- In excellent condition with age-appropriate wear. In excellent condition with age-appropriate wear. less
- Description
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Excellent Pre-Owned Condition.
In England, the collecting of horse brasses as a popular pastime commenced about 1895. Early designs included … more Excellent Pre-Owned Condition.
In England, the collecting of horse brasses as a popular pastime commenced about 1895. Early designs included the sun or a disc shape, moon or crescent, a star or heart. Later, other designs were created based on family symbols, heraldry or commercial symbols used by trades and businesses. For instance, a brewer might have brasses depicting barrels; a fishmonger might use a dolphin design. Some families used a design from their coat-of-arms. Counties and towns had their own brasses (Nottingham's castle, London's grasshopper or the boar of Lincoln). This martingale horse brass is of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen in northeast Wales. The eighteen arched stone and cast iron structure is for use by narrowboats and was completed in 1805, having taken ten years to design and build. It is 12 ft wide and is the longest aqueduct in Great Britain and the highest canal aqueduct in the world. A footpath runs alongside the watercourse on one side. This brass belonged to my stepdad who had quite a collection of collectible brass items that he passed onto me. In excellent condition with age-appropriate wear. It measures 4” x 3¼” H/W; made from cast brass in England by an unknown maker.
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Georgetown, TX
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