Miscellanea 227 A TARGE IN SCOTTISH 18TH CENTURY STYLE, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY with leather-covered wooden body, the outer face tooled with traditional knot designs, set with a brass rondel in the centre (the finial missing), and the remaining surface decorated with arrangements of small brass bosses and minute nails 50.5cm; 19 7/8in diameter £500-700
228 THREE GERMAN HORSE BITS AND A SINGLE STIRRUP, 17TH CENTURY the first with file-moulded side-bars and retaining traces of original tinned finish; the second incorporating a plate-linked bit; the third with u-shaped mouth-piece, and the fourth of russet steel, with openwork tread and a pair of bars rising to a swivelling rectangular loop for suspension the first: 20.3cm; 8in (4) £100-150
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229 TWO PAIRS AND EIGHT SINGLE STIRRUPS, THREE PAIRS AND THREE SINGLE OFFICER’S SPURS AND A SPANISH SPUR, 17TH/19TH CENTURIES, including one pair, 18th century probably German, with open treads decorated with simple filed patterns and rounded side bars rising up to a loop for suspension; and a pair of Brazilian stirrups, with characteristic openwork treads (patinated); three pairs with slender arched heel bands, small rowels, and each retaining its leather strap and buckle, the other three of similar type; and the last with arched heel bands with pierced slotted terminals for straps, and eight-point rowel (rusted) (qty) £100-150
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