Vintage Leather Martingale

A characterful vintage leather martingale hung with three cast brass horse brasses, each showing a horse's head framed within a lucky horseshoe. The top brass shows a front-facing horse in its bridle, the middle a spirited horse with a flowing mane in a nailed horseshoe, and the bottom a horse's head in profile. Martingales like this once decorated the harness of working heavy horses. Today they make a wonderful display piece hung beside a fireplace or log burner, in a country pub or home bar, a farmhouse kitchen, hallway or tack room. It makes a lovely gift for horse lovers and anyone who enjoys traditional English country style.

DETAILS

Item: Leather martingale with horse brasses
Material: Brass and leather
Number of brasses: 3
Designs: Horse heads within horseshoe frames
Length: Approx. 35 cm / 13.8" (including top strap and buckle)
Period: Vintage, mid-20th century

CONDITION

Good vintage condition with honest signs of age. The leather shows wear, creasing and surface marks consistent with age and use, and the brasses have a warm, aged patina. There is some green verdigris on the reverse of the bottom brass, which isn't visible when hanging (shown in the final photo). Please study all photographs carefully as they form part of the condition description.

Carefully packed for postage by The Vintage Trove UK.

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