Farrier's knee pad

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Farrier's knee pad

Farrier's knee pad

Name/Title

Farrier's knee pad

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.1053

Description

Oval padded leather disc attached to a canvas cloth with a leather strap to attach to a leg at the top and the bottom. Beneath the leather strap at the top of the kneepad is a chamoix leather padded roll.

Context

The farrier's pad appears to have been made from various parts of other items and is hand sewn together. It has defibnite signs of use.

Cataloged By

Felix Lam

Category

Animal Husbandry

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Weight

165 g

Dimension Notes

Length at top 290 mm; canvas approx. 180 mm x 180 mm; pad depth 20 mm; pad length 130 mm; pad width 130 mm.

Material

Leather, Canvas, Metal, Chamoix Leather

Location

* Untyped Location

WW upper

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair