A PAIR OF ROWEL SPURS, of brass, retaining traces of original gilding and of unusual design, with slender downcurved sides with figure-eight terminals, crane necks with boxes designed to hold the star-shaped rowels (one point missing) in a fixed position, original brass buckles and iron studs, probably early 17th Century

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A PAIR OF ROWEL SPURS, of brass, retaining traces of original gilding and of unusual design, with slender downcurved sides with figure-eight terminals, crane necks with boxes designed to hold the star-shaped rowels (one point missing) in a fixed position, original brass buckles and iron studs, probably early 17th Century
6in. (2)
Provenance
Howard M. Curtis, sold in these Rooms 31 October, 1984, lot 229

Lot Essay

These are, in effect, prick spurs

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