VICTORIAN Horse Brass Cast Harness Decoration DUTCH BOY Tack Ornament Original

Description

Victorian sand cast Horse Brass. Depicting a Dutch boy in the national costume of britches and a hat and clogs (Holland)Standing within a laurel wreath. Victorian era dates from 1840 to 1901. It has a nice patina and it's been punished over the years to give it a nice shine. You can see and feel the particles of sand at the back of the horse brass. Stands 3 1/2 inches tall and two three-quarter inches wide weighing over 3 ounces all of solid Brass
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Brass was not made in England until the reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, and brass casting which was introduced in the seventeenth century, was not utilised for small objects until a hundred years later. The early hammered pendants of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are so rare, that they are highly prized. Horse brasses therefore came into general use about the time of the Napoleonic wars, and were prominently displayed on state occasions, and at festivals, fairs and other happenings of English life.
In the coastal areas and Scotland, brasses were often made of nickel as the salt air affected the brass.
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