- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Horse ornament of brass, circular with two circles of perforations and a bell-shape in the centre. [El.B 05/11/2008]
- Cultural groups
- Italian
- Person
- Field collector Frederick Thomas Elworthy
- PRM source Somerset Archaeological Society
- PRM source Somerset County Museum, Taunton
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1905
- Date collected
- circa 1890 - 1905
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 07/1968
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 84 mm, Length: max 98 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1968.13.274
- Research and responses
Relevant publications: The Evil Eye, an Account of this Ancient and Widespread Superstition, by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, London. John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1895. Horns of Honour and Other Studies in the By-ways of Archaeology, by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, London, John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1900. [GI 30/4/2001]
Search terms: Religion, Animal Gear, Ornament, Amulet, Horse Accessory
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