Rowel Spur 18th century German This is a branchless spur that could be attached directly at the back on a regular shoe, for occasional and casual riding. The neck is mounted on a screw used for tightening it to the shoe’s type of spur, particularly popular in the Germanic lands, is described in the entry Eperon in the Swiss Encyclopédie d'Yverdon published in 1772 by Fortuné Barthélemy de Félice. It is said that "these spurs not being maintained by any kind of tie, they can be lost very easily [...]. We leave them to doctors, barbers, village priests, and monks. They are known in
Rowel Spur 18th century German This is a branchless spur that could be attached directly at the back on a regular shoe, for occasional and casual riding. The neck is mounted on a screw used for tightening it to the shoe’s type of spur, particularly popular in the Germanic lands, is described in the entry Eperon in the Swiss Encyclopédie d'Yverdon published in 1772 by Fortuné Barthélemy de Félice. It is said that "these spurs not being maintained by any kind of tie, they can be lost very easily [...]. We leave them to doctors, barbers, village priests, and monks. They are known in some countries and by some spur-makers by the name 'Carthusian spurs' (éperons à la chartreuse).". Rowel Spur. German. 18th century. Iron alloy. Equestrian Equipment-Spurs
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