Brass horse harness ornament with brass bell. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/12/2004]

Collection type: Object
Description: Brass horse harness ornament with brass bell. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/12/2004]
Long description: Brass horse harness ornament with brass bell. The bell is riveted onto the ornament. The bell clapper is attached with wire bent into a figure of eight. [SM (Verve) 23/10/2014]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: 1800-1899
Date collected: ?By 1939
Acquisition information: Donated: 08/1942, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Process Punched, Process Hammered, Process Polished, Process Cutwork, Process Riveted, Process Bent
Dimensions: Length: max 108 mm, Width: max 91 mm, Weight 100 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.8.85
Research and responses: It is likely the donor has been incorrectly identified as Henry Balfour. In the Related Documents File is a list detailing: "Donors, or probable donors, of material entered under Mr Balfour’s name, 1942.8.85 No suggestion. [MR 11/5/2000]
OED online: Terret: General sense: A round or circular loop or ring, esp. one turning on a swivel, by which a string, ribbon, or chain is attached to anything. a. A ring on a dog's collar, by which a string can be attached, etc. ... d. In horse-harness, One of the two (brass) rings fixed upright on the pad, or saddle, and on the hames, through which the driving reins pass. Also, any ring attached elsewhere to the harness for a similar purpose, as a head-terret: see quot. 1794.

Search terms: Animal Gear, Music, Animal Harness, Musical Instrument, Horse Accessory