Collection Highlights
Baby walker
1700-1800
INV.14959
Pine
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Saddle and bridle
Object name
Saddle and bridle
Date
1861-185
Medium
Leather, metal
Dimensions
Overall (saddle): 11 x 15 x 23 in. (27.9 x 38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Overall (bridle): 25 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (63.5 x 16.5 x 8.9
Description
English style (no pommel knop) brown leather saddle with metal fittings; wooden stirrups hang from stirrups leathers on each side. Brown leather bridle with wide brow band attached to a large cast metal bit with "US" in circles along the jowls; leather reins attached to the bit.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Grace A. Garrison
Object Number
1919.24ab
Marks
cast: on the bit: "US"
Gallery Label
This saddle and bridle were used during the Civil War by John Henry Garrison, Hospital Steward, Co. A, 1st New York Lincoln Cavalry.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
