Pair of Stirrups

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19th century · Copper alloy, gold · Arms and Armor

This pair of gilded bronze stirrups is decorated all over in rococo revival style, featuring scrolls and flowers, and a medallion bearing a crescent on each side of the branches. This type of stirrup, produced in several examples, was used during galas and other noble equestrian shows, possibly at the Royal Court itself. Traditional Portuguese classical dressage is still today using 17th and 18th-century style horse tack, including simplified forms of this very type of stirrup.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Copper alloy, gold

Culture

Portuguese

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Purchase, Bashford Dean Bequest, 1972