A RARE NEAR PAIR OF EARLY / MID-18TH CENTURY SCOTTISH BRASS STIRRUPS ‡
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
formed or pierced and forged brass with simple linear decoration and pierced hearts (2)
Dimensions
16cm long x 11cm at widest point
Provenance
Sotheby’s London 21st July 1981 lot 180
The John Kirk Collection
Footnote
These extremely rare stirrups appear to have been made in the same way as an early-mid 18th century basket hilted sword, giving the likelihood they were made by a swordsmith or a smith imitating the work of a skilled swordsmith.