Pair of Rowel Spurs first half 18th century Mexican Each of these incredible spurs is adorned on the heel band with delicate pierced decoration featuring lions walking among vegetal scrolls. Small birds and a swan inhabit its long curved neck, which holds an impressive the pierced decoration has been influenced by the importation, via Spain, of horse equipment made in Southern Germany in the 16th and 17th century, as well as by Chinese textiles, 18th-century Mexican spurs like these examples, in addition to bits and stirrups, often feature native designs and animals, such as birds

Pair of Rowel Spurs first half 18th century Mexican Each of these incredible spurs is adorned on the heel band with delicate pierced decoration featuring lions walking among vegetal scrolls. Small birds and a swan inhabit its long curved neck, which holds an impressive the pierced decoration has been influenced by the importation, via Spain, of horse equipment made in Southern Germany in the 16th and 17th century, as well as by Chinese textiles, 18th-century Mexican spurs like these examples, in addition to bits and stirrups, often feature native designs and animals, such as birds and a few very skilled spur makers, mostly working in Mexico City, were able to create such metalwork. Some parts, like the neck, are made out of a single iron sheet, sliced and curled to create the iron scrolls and their small birds. The pieces were usually heated several times during their manufacture, giving the metal a shiny aspect meant to imitate silver. Impressive, but highly impractical, these spurs would have been used during ceremonies and festivals as a mark of status, thereby revealing the importance of horses in traditional Mexican Pair of Rowel Spurs. Mexican. first half 18th century. Iron alloy. Equestrian Equipment-Spurs

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