Antique Bronze Dray Horse Door Stop from Blisful

This is a beautiful antique solid bronze dray horse door stop, he is wearing a collar, this allows the horse to use full strength when pulling, essentially enabling the horse to push forward with its hindquarters into the collar. If wearing a yoke or a breastcollar, it had to pull with its powerful shoulders. The collar had another advantage over the yoke as it reduced pressure on the horse's windpipe. These wonderful animals also know as draft horse, draught horse, or less common called carthorse, work horse or heavy horse are responsible for early transportation, building of roadways etc. This stop has a lovely patina. Note the base is made of one solid block unlike more modern ones which are hallowed. Size 25 cm x 5 cm x 19.5 cm and weight of +/- 4kgs.

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