ELEPHANT BRASS and 8 HORSE PENDANTS

Eight New GLASS DOME Horse Pendants. The image is a very colorful silhouette of a HORSE. This CABOCHON is set in a silver non-ferrous metal. The pendant is on a Silver 18" fine snake chain marked Italy S925

The glass dome pendant measures 1" in diameter and the snake chain is 18" long

Oversized Vintage ELEPHANT Horse Harness Brass from England. This is a very nice brass with a lovely patina. The detail on the elephant is excellent.

This Brass measures a large 4 1/2" X 5 1/4"

Horse brasses were used to adorn the harness horses, primarily in the UK, many would identify the route, simply for decoration, royalty, different industries such as train or brewery and some, I am sure, were just made out of fondness for a likeness or animal. Some older brasses were worn on harness, others were just made primarily to commemorate a certain event. It is hard to date many of the harness brasses, yet you can get an idea from the patina as well as how well the brass is cast. You can sometimes tell from the darkness on the reverse, from the brass slapping against the leather of the harness, but some people clean their brasses often, so this is not always a tell tale sign. Stamped brasses are from the early 1900's and only up to the 1930's. Most brasses you come across were cast and often the getts (the holder for the casting) is left partly on the back of the brass. I find horse brasses lovely and intriguing. All of the brasses I offer for sale are from England

***** I have been acquiring Harness Horse Brasses from the United Kingdom for nearly 20 years. Although I have sold many during that time period, I have collected many unique and rare harness brasses, especially the Oversized Brasses. You may see multiples of the same RARE Large Harness Brasses (with slight variations) in MY STORE, but many, when they are gone that will be it. The good heavy brasses are becoming few and far between. Being Vintage they have not been manufactured for many many years *****

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