The easiest way to shoe a horse
Thomas del Mar’s second sale of items from the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection on May 7 included a number of related items, such as this 3ft 7in (1.1m) high panted limestone carving of St Eligius or Eloi, patron saint of horses and farriers.
Though some assumed that the figure was once part of a larger group including a horse, the statue il…