The Shire Mare by Schleich is realistic and beautifully detailed. Schleich animals are hand painted and this horse has gorgeous black, brown and white details. The animals created by Schleich are a true reflection of nature on a smaller scale. This listing is Schleich item #13605

The Schleich company was founded in 1935 as a supplier to the plastic industry. The now famous Schleich figurines first came to life in the 1960's. Since the 1980's, Schleich has been crafting animal figurines as well. Now you any your family can enter the fantastic play world on a smaller scale, with animals both wild and domestic, dinosaurs, and knights.

Here is some interesting information on the Shire horse:

The Shire horse is a breed of draught horse. It is the tallest of the modern draught breeds, and a stallion may stand 18 or more hands (about 180 cm) high and weigh a ton. The Shire horse has a dense rounded body, a broad back, strong loins, powerful hind-quarters, and long legs with dense bones. It can be black, brown, bay, or gray and has distinctive long silky hair (often white) on the lower parts of its legs. The hair down the back of the legs is called the "feather", while the hair over the foot is known as the "spats".  The Shire horse descends from the medieval Great Horse brought to England in 1066 by William the Conqueror.

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