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	Lignum Vitae Chog, 3 available C13 Original, quality, late 19th Century, tethering chog turned in lignum vitae, as used to tether single grazing animals i.e. horse, goat or sheep. This would be used with a loose noosed chain or rope to keep the animal from choking. Complete and in good order. Lignum vitae is one of the few, very heavy woods that will not float and is ideal for lathe turning. 3.5" tall and 3.25" diameter. Price is for each. Please state which is required when ordering on-line. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £56.00


Lignum Vitae Chog C10 Original, quality, late 19th century, tethering chog turned in lignum vitae, as used to tether single grazing animals i.e. horse, goat or sheep. This would be used with a loose noosed chain or rope to keep the animal from choking. Complete and in good order. Lignum vitae is one of the few, very heavy woods that will not float and is ideal for lathe turning. 3.5" tall and 3.25" diameter. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £56.00


	Brass Tack Hook CH721 Original, quality late 19th century small cast brass tack hooks with good shoulders and tapered steel wood threaded screws for mounting. Perfect for the tack room, kitchen dresser or as coat hooks. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. Complete and in good and working order. Backplate 0.5" diam, total thread 1", hook 1" front to back and 1.25" tall. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £18.00


Galvanised Exterior Door Handles DH737 Original, quality late 19th century unused galvanised exterior door handles with a loose ring to one side and a heavy spherical shaped knob to the other. This example is probably for a stable or large garage doors for the square bar is larger than the standard door lock size. Cleaned and lacquered and complete and in good and working order. Ring 3" exterior diam and boss 1.5" front to back. Knob 2.5" diam and 2.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £65.00


	Galvanised Animal Feed Scoop G14 Original, quality 1930's galvanised animal feed scoop in superb condition. This example has a bowl mounted to a tapered tubular handle and is embossed "3 ½lb" to the floor and "Blue Cross balanced rations", with a cross between to the back and front. Cleaned and lacquered and complete and in good and working order. Bowl 9" diam x 3.75". Total 5" tall x 14" x 9" including handle. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £85.00


Unused Copper and Brass Horse Singe H66 Original, quality late 19th century brass and copper paraffin fired horse singe. The main brass barrel will unscrew to gain access for filling and the tap controls the flow of fuel to the wick inside the decorative copper attachment. The brass comb is impressed for the maker "T.E. Bladon & Son Ltd B'Ham". Absolutely in mint condition with the original leather washers and wick. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and complete and in good and working order. 14.5" x 5" x 2.25". Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £230.00


	Leather Side Saddle Stirrup H62 Original, quality late 19th century single leather side saddle stirrup with a steel stirrup frame inside and interesting stamped marks to the underside probably the mark of the harness maker / saddler, great colour and great condition. 5" long + 3.5" + 4.25" tall. Another very similar may well be available ref code: H61. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


Leather Side Saddle Stirrup H61 Original, quality late 19th century single leather side saddle stirrup with a steel stirrup frame inside and interesting stamped marks to the underside probably the mark of the harness maker / saddler. Great colour and great condition. 5" long + 3.5" + 4.25" tall. Another very similar may well be available ref code: H62. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


	Brass Stable Tethering Rings, 5 available H60 Original, quality late 19th century unused all brass stable tethering rings with the original matt gilt finish to the ring and eye. Complete and in good and working order. Total length 4.5", ring 2" exterior and 1.5" interior and thread 2.25". Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £45.00


Brass Stable Tethering Rings, 3 available H56 Original, quality late 19th century cast brass tethering ring for stables and yards. This super example has a loose ring with a central boss and circular backplate and a good steel threaded bolt for fixing into wood or masonry. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and complete and in good and working order. Price is for each. Ring 2.5" diam, backplate 3" diam, total 1.5" exposed and 2.75" steel thread. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


	Pair of Wrought Iron and Brass Gun Hooks, 11 pairs available H35 Original, quality pair of 1920's wrought iron wall hooks with a wood thread for mounting and cast brass finials. Cleaned and lacquered. Ideal for wall hanging guns, stable tools and other items. Complete and in good and working order. 4.25" front to back excluding thread, 2" tall and 0.75" wide. Total length 5.25" including thread. Price is per pair. Click on photo for larger view. Price: £65.00


Child's Side Saddle Safety Stirrup H12 Original quality, 19th century, child's steel side saddle safety release stirrup, manufactured by J. Bradbury & Sons. Complete and in good and working order. 6.25" tall. Click on photo for a larger and other views. Price: £75.00


	Safety Release Nickel Stirrup H11 Original quality, 1920's, solid nickel horse riding stirrup with a quick release safety action for side saddles. Stamped to the underside 'Never Rust', 'Wheeler' and 'Hawkins'. An unusual stirrup complete and in good and working order. 7" x 6" x 2". Click on photo for larger and other views Price: £56.00


Chippenham Brass Waggon Hub Cap, 3 available HC9 Original, quality late 19th century cast brass hub cap from the axle of a horse drawn waggon or cart. This example is impressed to the top "Humphries & Sons Waggon Works Chippenham". Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and complete and in good order with some knocks and scuffs consistent with general use. 3" tall x 3" diam. Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


	Broadheath Brass Waggon Hub Cover HC4 Original, quality, late 19th century, cast brass hub cap from the axle of a horse drawn waggon or cart. This example is impressed to the top "J. Clarke Builder Broadheath" for the waggon maker. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and complete and in good order. 2.75" tall x 3.5" widest. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £56.00


Pine Saddle Rack HR134 Original, quality late 19th century pine and oak large wall mounted rack to take two saddles. This example has a heavy pine backboard, well treated for worm, and two shaped oak pegs to take the saddles. All has been stripped and waxed and is complete and in good and working order. Backboard 42.5" x 8.5" x 2.5" front to back. Total 25" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


	Musgraves Cast Iron Harness Rack HR133 Original, quality late 19th century, wall mounted cast iron harness rack with polished teak mounts. The ironwork is in the old red paintwork and has four countersunk screw holes for mounting. This example was manufactured by "Musgraves of Belfast" and is embossed as such to the underside. These were supplied to the very best stable yards for top properties. Complete and in good and working order. Other harness racks of this quality are often available. Backplate 7.25" tall and 8.25" wide + 7.5" total front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £115.00


Musgraves Cast Iron Harness Rack HR132 Original, quality late 19th century, wall mounted cast iron harness rack with polished teak mounts and a brass horseshoe shaped mount to the front. The ironwork is in the old paintwork and the backplate has four countersunk screw holes for mounting. This example was manufactured by Musgraves of Belfast, athough it is not marked as such and these were supplied to the very best stable yards for top properties. This is the first one we have seen with the front brass mount and a tack hook incorporated inside. We are sure this was supplied like this from new for the extra section to the front has no other mounting holes if it was to be fixed to the wall. Cleaned and lacquered and complete and in good and working order. Backplate 7" tall + 8" wide and 7.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £300.00


	Musgraves Cast Iron Harness Rack HR130 Original, quality late 19th century, wall mounted cast iron harness rack with polished teak mounts. The ironwork is in the old red paintwork and has four countersunk screw holes for mounting. This example was manufactured by "Musgraves of Belfast" and is embossed as such to the underside. These were supplied to the very best stable yards for top properties. Complete and in good and working order. Other harness racks of this quality are often available. Backplate 7.5" tall and 8.25" wide + 7.5" total front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £145.00


Musgraves Harness Rack HR129 Original, quality late 19th century, wall mounted cast iron harness rack with polished teak mounts. The ironwork is in the old red paintwork and has four countersunk screw holes for mounting. This example was manufactured by "Musgraves of Belfast" and is embossed as such to the underside. These were supplied to the very best stable yards for top properties. Complete and in good and working order. Other harness racks of this quality are often available. Backplate 7.5" tall and 8.25" wide + 7.5" total front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £145.00


	Musgraves Cast Iron Saddle Rack HR121 Original, quality late 19th century wall mounted cast iron saddle rack with polished teak mounts. This example has retained the original red paintwork to the metalwork, the woodwork has a good repair to the main tip, and all has been refinished. The underside is embossed for the maker 'Musgraves Patent Belfast', the backplate has four countersunk screw holes for mounting. All is now complete and in good and working order. These were supplied to the very best stable yards for top properties. Backplate 13" wide x 10" tall and total 19" front to back. Other similar racks may well be available on request. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £385.00


Musgraves Cast Iron Saddle Rack HR119 Original, quality late 19th century wall mounted cast iron harness room saddle rack with polished teak mounts. This example has been cleaned the woodwork refinished and the cast iron repainted black. The underside is embossed for the maker "Musgraves of Belfast", and the backplate has three countersunk screw holes for mounting. A good old repair to the cast iron backplate and one area of the teak has been plugged and now all is complete and in good and working order. Other similar saddle racks may well be available on request. Backplate 13" wide x 10" tall and total 19.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £385.00


	Cast Iron Harness Rack HR113 Original, quality, late 19th century, cast iron wall mounted harness rack with polished teak mounts. The ironwork has much of its original red paint and all has been cleaned and lacquered. This example is of Musgraves of Belfast quality, but not marked as such. These were supplied to the best stable yards of the top propoties. This shape is the first we have seen. Complete and in good and working order. Backplate 9" x 5" + 7.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £195.00


Musgraves Harness Rack HR97 Original, quality, late 19th century, wall mounted, cast iron harness rack with polished teak mounts. The ironwork has been cleaned and refinished in lacquer and has four countersunk screw holes for mounting. This example was manufactured by "Musgraves of Belfast" and is embossed as such to the underside. These were supplied to the very best stable yards for top properties. All is complete and in good and working order. Backplate 7" tall x 8" wide, total 7.5" front to back. Other harness racks of this quality are often available. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £145.00


	Run of Cast Iron Bridle Racks, 3 available HR78 Original, quality, late 19th century, cast iron wall mounted bridle rack with a horseshoe shaped front plate and a brass tack hook to the centre of the backplate. The face to the top has an impressed lozenge shaped registration mark for the year 1864 and the backplate has three countersunk screw holes for mounting. All has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good order. 4" tall x 3.75" wide + 2.25" front to back. Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


Small Cast Iron Corner Hayrack HR77 Original, quality, late 19th century, cast iron, wall mounted corner hayrack, for feeding horses, but also ideal for a wall planter. Each side has two mounting lugs, with countersunk screw holes and all is complete and in good and order. 29" wide x 23" tall. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £85.00


	Corner Hayrack HR74 Original, quality, late 19th century, small cast iron wall mounted corner hayrack, for feeding horses, but also ideal for a wall planter. Each side has two mounting lugs, with countersunk screw holes and all is complete and in good and working order. 22.5" x 32". Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £65.00


Musgraves Cast Iron Roof Vent Control HR70 Original, quality, mid to late 19th century, cast iron wall mounted plate, with a sliding boss decorated with a lion's mask encircled "Musgraves Patent, Belfast". The plate has four countersunk screw holes for mounting and is embossed "Open" to the top and "Closed" below. This fitting was the control slide to operate roof vents in stables and similar buildings. 'Musgraves' were manufacturers and suppliers of all stable and harness room equipment to the very best stable yards of top properties. Has been cleaned, lacquered and is complete and in good order. Backplate 11.5" x 4.5", total 2.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £75.00


	Wrought Iron Corner Hayrack HR36 Original, quality, 19th century blacksmith made heavy wrought iron wall mounted corner hayrack. Used originally for feeding horses in stables, also ideal for a corner planter. Complete and in good order. 34" wide 33" tall and front to back 11". When fixed to wall 25" tall Click on photo for a larger and other views Price: £85.00


Harness Makers Single Creasing Iron HT13 Original, quality late 19th century harness maker's single creasing iron with a turned beech handle and a brass ferrule. Complete and in good and working order. 6.5" x 1.25". Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £38.00


	Dixon Harness Makers Double Creasing Iron HT12 Original, quality late 19th century harness maker's double creasing iron with a beech handle, brass ferrule and marked for the maker "J. Dixon and Sons". Complete and in good and working order. 8" x 1.25". Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £45.00


7 Dixon Harness Makers Edge Trimmers HT11 Seven matching late 19th century harness maker's "edge trimmers" with matching handles and all marked for the maker J Dixon and Son and numbered. Some with rosewood handles and others in beech. Minor splits to the handles but otherwise all complete and in good and working order and all with brass ferrules. 6" to 8" long and 1.25" widest. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £230.00


	Harness Makers Tool HT6 Original, quality, late 19th century, harness maker's 'single crease' hand tool, with a wrought iron head stamped "2" and "J.Dixon" for the maker and fitted with a turned rosewood handle and brass ferule. Complete and in good and working order. 6.5" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £45.00


Horseshoe Copper Entrée Mould, 8 available JM203 Original, quality, pressed copper, entrée mould, circa 1900, in the form of a horseshoe. The inside tinned surface is in good order and the exterior has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. All is complete and in good and working order. 2" x 1.75" x 1". Price is for each. Smaller examples may well be available reference code JM202. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £36.00


	Horseshoe Copper Entrée Mould, 9 available JM202 A good run of original, quality, pressed copper, small entrée moulds, circa 1900, in the form of a horseshoe. The inside tinned surface is in good order and the exterior has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. All is complete and in good and working order. 1.75" x 1.5" x 0.75". Price is for each. Larger examples may well be available reference code JM203. Click on photo for larger view. Price: £30.00


Silver Roundlett Coach Key K154 Original, quality silver cased folding carriage door key, Railway or Carriage ? Known an as "roundlett carriage key". This very clean example has a hallmarked two piece silver case with a steel carriage key in the original gilt finish. The hallmarks are a little rubbed, but this item would be circa 1900 and has an engraved monogram. Complete and in good and working order. 3.5" x 5/8" closed. 3.5" x 3" open. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £300.00


	Kings Own Hussars Riding Crop M106 Original, quality 1920's nickel mounted riding crop / whip with a leather grip and a woven covered tapered stem. The top mount is embossed with the badge of The Kings own Hussars", the leather grip is worn in areas, but otherwise all is complete and in good and working order. 33" x 0.75". Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £156.00


Cast Iron Horse Mantel Ornament MO51 Original, quality late 19th century cast iron mantel ornament in the form of a saddled horse on a stepped pedestal. Cleaned and lacquered and complete and in good order. 8.25" tall, base 9.75". Total 3.25" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £85.00


	Horse Tooth Rasp VT44 Original, quality, late 19th century, blacksmith made horse tooth rasp, with a brass ferule and the original turned beech handle. Complete and in good order. 21.5" x 1.5" widest. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £56.00


Horse Mouth Gag VT42 Original, quality, mid to late 19th century, blacksmith made wrought iron horse mouth gag, with a brass wing nut on a threaded rod adjustment. The wooden side covers appear to be in rosewood and does have a few grain splits, otherwise all is complete and in good order. The ironwork has been cleaned and lacquered. 12.5" x 7" x 1.5. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £156.00


	Horse Tooth Rasp VT1 Original, quality, 19th century, blacksmith made horse tooth rasp with a brass ferrule and an ebony grip. Complete and in good order. 24" x 1.75" widest. Click on photo for a larger view Price: £60.00


Silver Mounted Riding Whip WR4 Original, quality late 19th century Malacca cane riding whip with a good leather eye to the end and a silver mounted antler top grip. The hallmarked silver ferrule is engraved with the initials "B.J.B" for the previous owner and "Champion & Wilton Oxford St London" for the retailer. All in good order. 20" long plus leather strap 7" x 4.5" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


	Whip Holder, 3 matching available WR3 Original, quality, late 19th century, circular wall mounted whip holder for two coaching or driving whips. The central boss will unscrew to give access to the holes for mounting. This example is turned in teak and is in super condition, complete and in good and working order. 5" diameter x 2" front to back includung boss. Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £95.00


Whip Holder WR2 Original, quality, late 19th century, circular wall mounted whip holder for two coaching or driving whips. The central boss will unscrew to give access to the holes for mounting. A good repair to the edge and now complete and in good and working order. Unusual to find these in lignum vitae, which is heavy and hard but one of the few woods that with not float. 5.25" diameter x 2.25" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £95.00

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