We love a strange combination of materials. Here, hand-carved brown mottled horn is the horse's hoof, and it truly does look like the work of a great farrier. (Have you watched @swfarriers ' spicy horseshoeing videos?) 18k rose gold is the shoe, and the 7 lucky silver nails are silver.
MATERIALS: 18k gold (marked) with silver "nails", horn, new 14k gold chain
AGE: c. 1880
CONDITION: Very good
SIZE: 1 1/8" length including the bale, 3/4" width, 18" chain