Yesterday morning featured several fascinating lectures, which I’ve summarized on Twitter (here).
During the morning’s breaks, everyone gathered for snacks and drinks and another stroll through the trade fair.
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Bowman Leather (Dan and his son Jacob) have a display of their lovely harness, and these handmade bits
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Louise Ellis makes beautiful jewelry from antique buttons, bridle rosettes, and poker / game pieces ... and braided horsehair (shown here)
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After the morning’s final lecture, we all had a free afternoon to visit the Colonial Williamsburg stables and the Historic Area and its trade shops.
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this Landau was built by Colonial Williamsburg in 1960; it was used (driven by Richard Nicoll) for HM The Queen's visit to Williamsburg in 2007
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this Demi-Landau was probably built in Philadelphia sometime between 1818 and 1840; it can be driven by a coachman or, with the coachman's seat removed, by a postilion
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detail of a driving bridle in the harness room; I assume these bridles go with the Landau above, as the squirrel on the panels (below) is repeated here on the blinkers
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in the aisleway of the stables was a display with information on Colonial Williamsburg's important rare-breeds program, including a live appearance by this, and one other, Leicester Longwool sheep, and several rare breeds of chickens
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After leaving the stables, I walked through town to the wheelwrights’ shop. I’ll post photos from that visit tomorrow.
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