Small wide horshoe

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Name/Title

Small wide horshoe

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.1131

Description

A small iron horseshoe with a broad arms and an attached platform to raise the horse's hoof above the ground. There would have been four nail holes on either arm, which appear to be a mixture of square and round and also possibly indented.

Cataloged By

Felix Lam

Category

Horse Welfare and Farriers
Animal Husbandry

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Height

80 mm

Width

90 mm

Length

140 mm

Weight

629 g

Dimension Notes

The metal arms are 35 mm wide; the width of the platform is 40 mm 7 the height of supporting legs 40 mm

Material

Iron

Location

* Untyped Location

WW upper

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor