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<p>[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 9546628, member: 84"]I found this yesterday at my regular thrift store & immediately recognized it - it was found in a storage unit won at auction on one of my favorite tv shows; Storage Wars! </p><p>The unit winners (Brandi & Jarrod) didn't know what it was & so they took it to be checked out - a antique dealer told them it was used to hang outside of restaurants in France to show they sold horse meat!! (I love horses - I had one as a child - and could never even try it, sorry. PS - and my favorite dish is escargot!)</p><p><br /></p><p>But there is an issue with mine - while the back plaque is metal, the actual horse's head doesn't feel like metal/cast iron (a google image search turned up several that matched mine exactly </p><p>(<a href="https://housatonictrading.com/product/life-size-cast-iron-horse-head-wall-plaque-30h/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://housatonictrading.com/product/life-size-cast-iron-horse-head-wall-plaque-30h/" rel="nofollow">(SALE PENDING) Life Size Cast Iron Horse Head Wall Plaque 30″H | Housatonic Trading Co.</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/wall-decorations/wall-mounted-sculptures/french-cast-iron-horse-head-bust-trade-sign/id-f_18665612/#zoomModalOpen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/wall-decorations/wall-mounted-sculptures/french-cast-iron-horse-head-bust-trade-sign/id-f_18665612/#zoomModalOpen" rel="nofollow">French Cast Iron Horse Head Bust Trade Sign at 1stDibs</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://drouot.com/en/l/20592046-tete-de-cheval-sculpture-en-fonte-vers-1900-65-x-36-x-56-cm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://drouot.com/en/l/20592046-tete-de-cheval-sculpture-en-fonte-vers-1900-65-x-36-x-56-cm" rel="nofollow">Horse's head Cast iron sculpture Around 1900 65 x 36 x … | Drouot.com</a> )</p><p><br /></p><p>but they were all made of cast iron) and putting a magnet on it, it doesn't stick; it just slides off (but it does stick to the back plaque the head is connected to)</p><p>It measures 32" high x 15" wide</p><p>Also if you look at the nick on the mouth it is white-ish inside, not metal. What do I have?</p><p>A cast of a older, cast iron one?</p><p>Thanks for any help with this!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]454663[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454664[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454665[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454666[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454667[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454668[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454669[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454670[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="journeymagazine, post: 9546628, member: 84"]I found this yesterday at my regular thrift store & immediately recognized it - it was found in a storage unit won at auction on one of my favorite tv shows; Storage Wars! The unit winners (Brandi & Jarrod) didn't know what it was & so they took it to be checked out - a antique dealer told them it was used to hang outside of restaurants in France to show they sold horse meat!! (I love horses - I had one as a child - and could never even try it, sorry. PS - and my favorite dish is escargot!) But there is an issue with mine - while the back plaque is metal, the actual horse's head doesn't feel like metal/cast iron (a google image search turned up several that matched mine exactly ([URL='https://housatonictrading.com/product/life-size-cast-iron-horse-head-wall-plaque-30h/'](SALE PENDING) Life Size Cast Iron Horse Head Wall Plaque 30″H | Housatonic Trading Co.[/URL] [URL='https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/wall-decorations/wall-mounted-sculptures/french-cast-iron-horse-head-bust-trade-sign/id-f_18665612/#zoomModalOpen']French Cast Iron Horse Head Bust Trade Sign at 1stDibs[/URL] [URL='https://drouot.com/en/l/20592046-tete-de-cheval-sculpture-en-fonte-vers-1900-65-x-36-x-56-cm']Horse's head Cast iron sculpture Around 1900 65 x 36 x … | Drouot.com[/URL] ) but they were all made of cast iron) and putting a magnet on it, it doesn't stick; it just slides off (but it does stick to the back plaque the head is connected to) It measures 32" high x 15" wide Also if you look at the nick on the mouth it is white-ish inside, not metal. What do I have? A cast of a older, cast iron one? Thanks for any help with this! [ATTACH=full]454663[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454664[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454665[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454666[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454667[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454668[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454669[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454670[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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