A LEATHER SADDLE AND WOOD STAND

PROPERTY OF LEE MOLESWORTH

Details

A LEATHER SADDLE AND WOOD STAND
THE SADDLE BY JACK CONNELLY, LATE 1930'S, THE STAND BY THOMAS MOLESWORTH

A leather saddle with deeply carved foliate decoration, stamped JACK CONNELLY LIVINGSTON MONTANA twice--30in. (76.2 cm.) long from the pommel to the cantle; together with a wood stand 30in. (76.2cm.) high, 24in. (61in.) wide, 20in. (50.8cm.) deep

Provenance

Thomas C. Molesworth

Lot Essay

Jack Connelly's saddlemaking business was located in Livingston, Montana. In the late 1930's, he moved to Billings, Montana where he united with his brother, and the saddles thereafter were marked Connelly Brothers. According to Lee Molesworth, his father had described this saddle to him as being the last one made by Jack Connelly and marked as such.