A ROWEL SPUR of gilt copper-alloy (gilding rubbed), with narrow flat downcurved sides, chamfered along the upper edges, with figure-eight terminals retaining the original strap-hooks and part of the buckle, long straight neck of circular section, and large eight-pointed rowel, mid-15th Century
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A ROWEL SPUR of gilt copper-alloy (gilding rubbed), with narrow flat downcurved sides, chamfered along the upper edges, with figure-eight terminals retaining the original strap-hooks and part of the buckle, long straight neck of circular section, and large eight-pointed rowel, mid-15th Century
9¼in.
Lot Essay
This and the two previous lots were acquired by an ancestor of the vendor at the sale of the Ashton Lever Museum on 5 May, 1806