January 2, 2024
Beautiful Rare Horse Brass Lizzie Porter Life Boat
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A very collectable Horse Brass of the Life Boat Lizzie Porter. Amazing detail with “Holy Island 1909” along the top. Holy Island, otherwise known as Lindisfarne, is a mound of rock off the Northumberland coast in the north east of England. Holy island can only be reached when the tide is out. It is one of the oldest Christian centres in Britain. Saint Aidan founded a monastery here in 635; St Cuthbert became Bishop in 684. In the middle of the Horse Brass is a very detailed Life Boat, The Lizzie Porter, which was based nearby. Along the bottom of the Brass is “The National Life Boat Museum”. This is a unique Horse Brass, oval in shape 80mm across. The Horse Brass is approx 3inches (75mm) in diameter, individually cast in sand of solid English Brass. PS If you need Genuine Leather Martingales, the Leather Straps that you can display your Brasses the authentic and original way and hang over your fire place, wooden beam or wall then let me know and I will ship them off with your brasses, or even if you do not win the auction I can offer you Genuine English Leather Martingales. Just ! For Prices And Postage Please visit my About M e Page! The origin of the Horse Brass goes back many centuries, when man first used the horse extensively on the land. The superstitions prevalent at this time required a symbol to protect the horse from
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