✅ SOLVED A couple from todays hunt

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From what 2 people have said in today's finds the hinged brass piece is a rein guide so that one is solved!
 

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relic lover said:

Thanks to relic hunter for IDing the one item as a swinger horse tack in today's finds. I stand corrected. HH!
 

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Your welcome I sure hope you find the other half of the buckle
 

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A "swinger horse tack" is one variety of a rein-guide/terret. So the two people who told you it is a rein-guide and Relic Lover are all correct.

Here's a scan of a page from an early-1900s mail-order horsegear catalog, showing the type you found. Also, here's a couple of photos showing where the rein-guides/terrets were located on the horse-harness.

Note, the great majority of the rein-guides we dig are Civilian-usage, not Military ...because tens-of-millions of civilians continued to use this type of horse-harness into the 1930s..
 

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TheCannonballGuy said:
A "swinger horse tack" is one variety of a rein-guide/terret. So the two people who told you it is a rein-guide and Relic Lover are all correct.

Here's a scan of a page from an early-1900s mail-oder horsegear catalog, showing the type you found. Also, here's a couple of photos showing where the rein-guides/terrets were located on the horse-harness.

Note, the great majority of the rein-guides we dig are Civilian-usage, not Military ...because tens-of-millions of civilians continued to use this type of horse-harness into the 1930s..

Thanks cannonballGuy! You are the man!
 

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The 2nd piece is a 'leaf & open face rose' pattern from a Victorian 'do-dad.' Do-dad meaning it came off of a chandelier, candelabra, furniture, ear from a mantel clock, or any of the likes. The leaf/rose pattern was very typical of the Victorian era. Neat find :) Breezie
 

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The 2nd piece is a 'leaf & open face rose' pattern from a Victorian 'do-dad.' Do-dad meaning it came off of a chandelier, candelabra, furniture, ear from a mantel clock, or any of the likes. The leaf/rose pattern was very typical of the Victorian era. Neat find :) Breezie

Thanks for the help Breezie!
 

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