1600 – Lucky Charm: Horseshoe
- Physical description:
- Lucky charm - a small mother-of-pearl horseshoe with incised dots to represent nail holes.
- Museum classification:
- Protection
- Information:
The Horseshoe.
This is one of the best known good luck charms in the world. You will find one nailed to a door in every village in the country.
It combines several lucky symbols: the horse, the crescent shape and iron.
The lunar shape may represent the Goddess Diana who was said to be guardian of doors and houses.
Nelson had a horseshoe nailed to the mast of his flagship the 'Victory'.- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Shell
- Copyright ownership:
- Treetrunk Ltd
The Horseshoe.
This is one of the best known good luck charms in the world. You will find one nailed to a door in every village in the country.
It combines several lucky symbols: the horse, the crescent shape and iron.
The lunar shape may represent the Goddess Diana who was said to be guardian of doors and houses.
Nelson had a horseshoe nailed to the mast of his flagship the 'Victory'.