Pair of Early 19th Century French Military Spurs, Éperons a Crampons - Spur526j gents-whip there would have been two

there would have been two leather rosettes with leather strings on each side of the stirrups

There is a finely cast round brass cheek boss surmounted by a St

Dimensions : Length 30½" (77

It is also stamped with the silversmith's mark of Gibson & Langman

The stock or shaft is rigid and covered in braided red-brown leather

Pair of Early 19th Century French Military Spurs, Éperons a Crampons - Spur526j gents-whip there would have been twoThis is a pair of steel spurs dating from the early 1800's. They are silver plated, although the plating has worn away in several places, exposing the dark steel beneath. The heel bands are much finer and thinner than those seen on later spurs (please see the image that compares them to a ictorian spur by Maxwell)There are hooks or spikes at the end of each arm which wrap around the heel of the boot. They have straight necks and small many pointed