Showcases a broad array of horse-related items from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including many striking art deco pieces. Here are figurines, planters, lamps, plates, books and bookends, ashtrays, advertising pieces, glassware, tapestries, vintage pamphlets, illustrations, magazine covers, artwork, show ribbons and trophies, jewelry, belt buckles, and more. Includes tips on collecting, values, index, bibliography.

How to select, restore, and exhibit vintage and new rocking horses is shown in vivid color. More than one hundred intricately-carved and painted varieties are showcased from around the world. These exquisite creatures are as much fun to collect as they were to ride.

Tom Dorrance has been referred to as the "horse's lawyer." Tom gives the horse credit for his knowledge of the horses feelings and problems. He says, "What I know about the horse I learned from the horse." In True Unity Tom shares some of these ideas to help achieve a true unity for human and horse.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to horse-brasses, first published in 1928. Horse brasses are decorative brass plaques used to adorn horses harnesses, most commonly shire and parade horses. From the mid-19th century they became incredibly popular, but experienced a significant decline in popularity along with that of the draft horse. Today, they exist predominantly as collectors items. “All About Horse Brasses” looks at the history of these beautiful equestrian adornment, as well as notable examples, producers, and more. This book is highly recommended for collectors and antiques dealers. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on horse brasses.

Introduction to Trace Mayer's Museum Bees: Including an overview of his work, the history, methodology, and variety of pieces created as well as interior design installations in clients homes.

Riding crops, saddles, carriage lamps, etc. Over 2000 copyright-free illustrations from rare 19th-century catalog.

Horse brasses are flat, generally round, ornaments for decorating the harness of draught horses. First devised as charms to keep the animal safe, brasses later became purely decorative. This book traces the history of horse brasses, from the plain, simple early examples through to the more advanced brasses that were developed as our knowledge of brass casting improved. Packed with over 200 photographs of different horse brasses, this classic title is an ideal collector's introduction, and a section on the care, cleaning and renovation of horse brasses makes this essential reading for new collectors.

Features They Moved the Nation's Business 51 Decoration of Early 19th-Century Sleighs · · 54 Building a Gypsy Cart ·· 58 Ladies to Drive ········· 68 Baby Food and Coaches on the St. Albans Road 70 300 Years of the Cleveland Bay: Part 4 76 Departments The View from the Box 50 Memories... Mostly Horsy 60 How I Got Hooked: Bill Watkins 64 Tack Room Talk: Transporting Antique Vehicles 66 Letters to the Editor 73 The Road Behind: Fitting the Bridle 74 Book Reviews 78 The Carriage Trade 80