Does anyone have any references for horse harness decorations made of
lead/lead alloys (I've got a vague feeling that they pre-date horse
brasses, and a quick look at Keegan suggests that early (brass) working
horse harness decoration was imitating silver decorations used by the
aristocracy).
John Clark's new volume on medieveal horse equipment is on order ... (I
used to work with this material, and am ashamed to say I can't recall
what the horse harness decoration looked like).
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Pat Reynolds
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