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Horseshoes

Item designed to protect a horse's hoof from wear

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  • Blacksmiths making a horseshoe on an anvil while finished horseshoes hang on a rail in the window. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A blacksmith's forge: smiths making horseshoes. Pen and ink drawing after A. Both.

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    A blacksmith's forge: smiths making horseshoes. Pen and ink drawing after A. Both.

    Both, Andries Dirksz, approximately 1608-1641? | Reference: 33794i
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    Blacksmiths making a horseshoe on an anvil while finished horseshoes hang on a rail in the window. Woodcut by J. Amman.

    Amman, Jost, 1539-1591. | Date: [1568] | Reference: 34946i
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    Observations on the structure, oeconomy, and diseases of the foot of the horse, and on the principles and practice of shoeing / by Edward Coleman.

    Coleman, Edward, 1765-1839. | Date: 1798-1802
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    Observations on the structure, œconomy, and diseases of the foot of the horse, and on the principles and practice of shoeing / by Edward Coleman.

    Coleman, Edward, 1765-1839. | Date: 1798-1802

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