19th Century Mexican Spur - Spur302 bridle It has a silver collar

It has a silver collar which is stamped "Swaine" and "ESA" and hallmarked London

There is a very fine hairline crack in the surface of the horn but there is no movement or instabilityIt has a silver coloured collar with engine turned decoration and a blank oval cartouche

with detailed toes

there was a tradition in some regions of using small stirrups that only supported the toe

the moving parts were supposed to encourage the young horse to relax its mouth

19th Century Mexican Spur - Spur302 bridle It has a silver collarThis old steel spur has a wide heel band. Traces of silver decoration remain on one side of the neck and the heel band. It has a thick neck which it ends in a large eight pointed rowel. Both swinging buttons remain. Internal width 7. 5cm (approx 3"), neck 6. 5cm (2"), rowel 8. 5cm (3")Weight 342g (12oz) Ref : spur302