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01 - Cast 4621
- Anchors 18
- Animals 227
  - Bears 3
  - Camels 7
  - Cocks 7
  - Dogs 15
  - Elephants 21
  - Fish 2
  - Lions 68
  - Pigs 2
  - Sheep and goat 9
  - Squirrels 2
  - zMiscellaneous 7
  - Birds 47
  - Cats 2
  - Cows and bulls 6
  - Donkeys 1
  - Foxes 8
  - Stags 20
- Army theme 29
- Awards 603
  - Birmingham 3
  - Bishops Stortford 11
  - Borough Of Southwark 28
  - Felixstowe 6
  - H and SNCC 12
  - Kensington 7
  - Kingston 6
  - Lewisham 14
  - Norwich 5
  - RSPCA 181
  - Sussex And Brighton 35
  - Walsall 6
  - Winchester 5
  - zMiscellaneous 284
- Barrels 54
- Bells 60
- Ceramics 24
- Coat of arms 16
- Engraving 50
- Events 8
- Guinness 2
- Horses 192
  - Horses heads 25
  - Rearing horses 32
  - Horses in action 87
  - Horses in horseshoes 34
  - Horses without borders 13
- Horseshoes 34
- Mythology and legends 30
- Nature 30
- Patterns 1623
  - Acorns 20
  - Clover 36
  - Crescents 133
  - Crosses 89
  - Geometrical 350
  - Hearts 214
  - Masonic 8
  - Squares and diamonds 61
  - Stars 333
  - Suns 65
  - Wheels 36
  - zMiscellaneous 278
- People 66
  - Dickens 6
  - Famous Character 60
- Pixies 3
- Places 9
- Pony Horse Brass 28
- Rosettes 374
  - Animals 46
  - Ceramics 33
  - Patterns 114
  - Royals 30
  - Trade 109
  - zMiscellaneous 42
- Royals 396
  - Crowns 63
  - Edward VII 58
  - George V 42
  - Prince of Wales Feathers 35
  - The Royal Family 2
  - zMiscellaneous 6
  - Edward VIII 8
  - George VI 3
  - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip 5
  - Queen Victoria 174
- Symbols 47
- Trade 533
- Transport 54
  - Ships 5
  - Trains 47
  - Vehicles 2
- Wheatsheafs 48
- Windmills 6
- Work in the fields 12
- zMiscellaneous 45
02 - Stamped 726
- Army theme 2
- Awards 9
  - RSPCA 1
  - zMiscellaneous 8
- Barrels 1
- Bells 6
- Ceramics 74
- Engraving 3
- Horses 23
  - Horses heads 4
  - Rearing horses 9
  - Horses in action 7
  - Horses in horseshoes 2
  - Horses without borders 1
- Patterns 452
  - Acorns 4
  - Clover 2
  - Geometrical 156
  - Hearts 41
  - Squares and diamonds 26
  - Wheels 3
  - zMiscellaneous 79
  - Crescents 55
  - Stars 56
  - Crosses 13
  - Suns 17
- Places 1
- Rosettes 48
  - Animals 1
  - Patterns 29
  - Royals 3
  - Trade 1
  - Ceramics 14
- Royals 56
  - Crowns 9
  - George V 15
  - Prince of Wales Feathers 2
  - Edward VII 11
  - Queen Victoria 19
- Symbols 4
- Trade 45
- Transport 1
  - Trains 1
- zMiscellaneous 1
03 - Hame Plates 522
- Animals 77
- Horse Name 34
- Patterns 174
- Royals 71
- Trade 130
- Train 19
- Wheatsheafs 16
04 - Martingales 319
05 - Nosebands 450
06 - Straps 153
07 - Studs 936
- Animals 73
- Initials 242
- Patterns 68
- Railway 32
- Royals 60
- Trade 368
- zMiscellaneous 93
08 - Terrets & Swingers 727
- Animal Swingers 56
- Bell Swingers 29
- Double Swingers 49
- Fixed Terret 6
- Pattern Swingers 260
- Royal Swingers 60
- Tripel Swingers 81
- Tumbler 85
- zMiscellaneous 101
09 - White Brasses 154
10 - KB Horse Brasses 539
- Animals 7
  - Cocks 2
  - Donkeys 1
  - Sheep and goat 2
  - Stags 2
- Army theme 10
- Awards 21
  - Birmingham 2
  - Lewisham 2
  - zMiscellaneous 14
  - Bishops Stortford 3
- Bells 22
- Ceramics 3
- Coat of arms 3
- Events 254
- Guinness 2
- Horses 28
  - Horses heads 4
  - Rearing horses 2
  - Horses in action 20
  - Horses in horseshoes 2
- Horseshoes 1
- Nature 2
- Patterns 31
  - Clover 1
  - Crescents 3
  - Geometrical 6
  - Hearts 6
  - Masonic 1
  - Squares and diamonds 2
  - Stars 2
  - zMiscellaneous 10
- People 7
  - Famous Character 7
- Places 5
- Profession 4
- Royals 39
  - Crowns 4
  - George V 1
  - Prince Charles and Princess Diana 7
  - The Royal Family 6
  - zMiscellaneous 8
  - Prince of Wales Feathers 1
  - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip 8
  - Queen Victoria 4
- Symbols 4
- Trade 4
- Transport 59
  - Trains 57
  - Vehicles 2
- Wheatsheafs 1
- Work in the fields 18
- Zodiac 14
11 - NHBS Brasses 56
12 - Porcelain Brasses 386
- Birds 46
- Cats 12
- Dogs 36
- Flowers 34
- Horses 87
- Landscapes 40
- Trains 12
- zMiscellaneous 119
Other Collectable Brasses 2832
- Anchors 22
- Animals 412
  - Bears 11
  - Cocks 11
  - Dogs 92
  - Elephants 8
  - Fish 13
  - Lions 40
  - Pigs 6
  - Retriever 33
  - Sheep and goat 15
  - Spiders 3
  - Squirrels 9
  - zMiscellaneous 15
  - Birds 65
  - Cows and bulls 22
  - Donkeys 16
  - Foxes 11
  - Stags 30
  - Camels 4
  - Cats 8
- Anvils 6
- Army theme 162
- Awards 5
  - RSPCA 1
  - zMiscellaneous 4
- Barrels 7
- Bells 33
- Ceramics 2
- Coat of arms 81
- Coins 11
- Events 302
- Guinness 14
- Horses 201
  - Horses heads 38
  - Rearing horses 17
  - Horses in action 80
  - Horses in horseshoes 56
  - Horses without borders 10
- Horseshoes 21
- Keys 5
- Mines 27
- Mythology and legends 28
- Nature 15
- Patterns 231
  - Acorns 7
  - Clover 15
  - Crescents 22
  - Geometrical 25
  - Hearts 38
  - Masonic 11
  - Squares and diamonds 3
  - Stars 31
  - Wheels 4
  - zMiscellaneous 44
  - Crosses 20
  - Suns 11
- People 199
  - Dickens 37
  - Famous Character 162
- Pixies 32
- Places 400
- Pony Horse Brass 43
- Rosettes 7
  - Animals 2
  - Ceramics 2
  - Patterns 1
  - Trade 1
  - zMiscellaneous 1
- Royals 185
  - Crowns 41
  - Edward VII 5
  - George V 12
  - Prince Charles and Princess Diana 18
  - The Royal Family 6
  - zMiscellaneous 9
  - Edward VIII 7
  - George VI 8
  - Prince of Wales Feathers 10
  - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip 46
  - Queen Victoria 23
- Symbols 87
- Trade 8
- Transport 150
  - Ships 53
  - Trains 75
  - Vehicles 22
- Wheatsheafs 16
- Windmills 10
- Work in the fields 14
- zMiscellaneous 62
- Zodiac 34
Others Harness Stuff 284
- Belfry 34
- Buckle 38
- Comb 37
- Harness Pieces 159
- Peaked Collar 16

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HISTORY

« The origin of the horse brass goes back many centuries, when man first used the horse extensively on the land. The supertisions prevalent at this time required a symbol to protect the horse from accident or injury and horse brasses were believed to have the supernatural powers to ward off evil spirits and prevent catastrophy.
There are many hundreds of designs with the origins in the past and even today new designs are being created to commemorate places of interest, historical buildings and even the famous in our society and horse brasses have become the greatest collector’s item for a generation. »

This photograph was taken in a little village called Benwick, Cambridgeshire