today I am going to share some photos - perhaps not be best quality but very informative - of some Old Poland horse tack.
Ad rem, yesterday my friend Radek Sikora, Ph.D., gave a lecture at the old Malbork Castle Museum. The subject matter was obviously the history of the winged hussars and their relation to the castle and the surrounding lands, as many historic battles involving or featuring husaria took place in this part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Note that it was an important fortress in North-Western Polish Kingdom since 1457, seat of a starost who was nominated by the king with the consent of the Crown council and later senate. - Dzieje Malborka by prof. Karol Gorski
dr Radek took a tour, for the n-th time, of the castle and took some photos with his phone - hence so so quality- of the exhibits inside the castle.
With dr Sikora's kind permission I am sharing these photos with you for your enjoyment and pleasure -
Old Polish horse tack and saddles -
the overview of the display
bridles and halters
at the foot of the horse mannequin there is a breastplate |
complete bridle with curb-bit and reins |
no bit, but there are reins to complete this bridle, also it may be a breastplate below, huge shabraque in then background |
no reins, also the halter has no throatlatch strap but a poll strap with a 'halzbant' |
a detail of a fine Polish sabre
curb-bit hung upside down, spurs of various periods on the right |
unusual saddle - leather covered seat and skirts survived |
'bare' saddle tree - without the textile skirts and seat, but pommel and bars' adornments survived |
Old Poland-style crupper
enjoy
3 comments:
Do you by chance know the approximate dates on the bridles? I'm guessing 1800s?
Thanks for giving such a great information about horses
And these pictures are so amazing
I'm very crazy about horses. and if you really want to enjoy your riding than you should wear.
keep doing well.
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