Summary

Horse brass: Wheatsheaf in a basket. Crescent border with 7 circular perforations. Type: cast brass. Date: 1825-1939.

"Wheat symbolises the gift of life, the basic primordial food-stuff which cannot be anything other than the gift of the gods." It represents the eternal cycle of the seasons, and the return of harvest time. (See: 'Penguin Dictionary of Symbols').

Physical Description

Item has the remains of two studs on back, possibly from the casting process.

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