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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1975.136 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name horseshoe, wedding horseshoe Description A decorative horseshoe, giving as a gift for a wedding. The horseshoe is not traditional metal, but silver coloured. Good Luck is written in the curve of the horseshoe, indicating the ends should be pointed up. A white ribbon connects the ends with silver coloured shoes hanging from them, one shoe on each. Fake flowers are in the shoes and either side of the text. A wreath of fake leaves and flowers is separate from the object but sits in the centre.This object was selected for the Wicked Spirits exhibition as it relates to superstition. Horseshoes are often seen as a symbol of good luck and sometimes given as gifts at weddings. Production date 1939 Material paper Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1975.136
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

horseshoe, wedding horseshoe
Description

A decorative horseshoe, giving as a gift for a wedding. The horseshoe is not traditional metal, but silver coloured. Good Luck is written in the curve of the horseshoe, indicating the ends should be pointed up. A white ribbon connects the ends with silver coloured shoes hanging from them, one shoe on each. Fake flowers are in the shoes and either side of the text. A wreath of fake leaves and flowers is separate from the object but sits in the centre.This object was selected for the Wicked Spirits exhibition as it relates to superstition. Horseshoes are often seen as a symbol of good luck and sometimes given as gifts at weddings.
Production date

1939
Material

paper
Location

In Store

Details