Horseshoe

This corrective horseshoe, for a cart horse, is intended to provide support for a horse with a sprained tendon. The two wings of the shoe are link withed a raised bar. The shoe has seven nail holes. It was made by H. J. W. Duke of Nether Wallop, Hampshire, circa 1945–6, and is part of a large collection of traditional craft products acquired from the British Council in 1960.