Antique Heavy Horse Martingale with Four Heart Brasses june25 There is a library stamp

There is a library stamp on the title page

Each spur has a pair of sawtooth rowels

There is a very similar example at the Metropolitan Museum in New York

The outer heel bands are stamped "G

These spurs are made of brass or bronze (possibly "Hercules bronze" but they are not stamped

Antique Heavy Horse Martingale with Four Heart Brasses june25 There is a library stampThis strap is made of very dark brown black leather it would have been used on a heavy horse . There is a brass clip at the top and two brass buckles on the lower partThere are four raised brass hearts threaded onto the martingale Total length 39" (99cm) Each heart is 4" (10cm) x 2" (7cm)" Weight 700g (1lb 9oz)