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The wide heel bands are slightly curved
It has old steel globe bit with large round lower rings - I understand that these were made by Buermann but any maker's marks have been lost under the dark patination
The whole whalebone shaft is covered in very fine braided balleen or whalebone
One is stamped "US & WL" inside its heel band
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Pair of Antique Chinese Stirrups - Stirrup180 bit The wide heel bands areTwo hand forged iron stirrups. These have oval treads, there is no raised lip around the edge. There are curved arches, with a suspension loop on top. Although they are very similar, one stirrup is taller than the other, they probably come from two different pairs of stirrups. These stirrups are not decorated, perhaps they are early, or simply primitive examples, made by a local smith rather than a specialist? There is some very slight surface
