Pair of Rowel Spurs

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19th century · Copper alloy, silver, glass · Arms and Armor

The heel band of each of these silvered spurs is decorated on each side with a scaled serpent holding an acorn in its mouth, its eyes inlaid with red glass. The neck, holding the rowel, is shaped as a serpent holding an acorn as well, emerging from the mouth of a bearded face placed on the heel. Each terminal is pierced for fixing each spur directly on a boot's heel.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Copper alloy, silver, glass

Culture

Danish

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942