Cage stirrups Origin ... age?

[Fernando K]

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13808


Please, some comentary about it

Fernando K

[weapons 27]

Originally Posted by Fernando K

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13808


Please, some comentary about it

Fernando K

regarding the origin of this stirrup, there is much to say. The majority comes from Europe, Poursin in Paris, which still displays in its showcase or the Belgian manufacturer Hersall, especially gun manufacturer. These manufacturers have sold in all of South America and even elsewhere: I saw at the Museum of the army in Athens or indicated by Greek general!Basically, they were used by elders who could pay them.See exhibit attached, extracted from Plateria Sudamericana, A Taullard, 1941.

Kind regards.

antoine

[fernando]

Very nice genuine example supported by a notable background.
The problem with these things is that you find out there modern reproductions so 'well aged' that they fool anyone's eye.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=stirrup

[weapons 27]

Originally Posted by fernando

Very nice genuine example supported by a notable background.
The problem with these things is that you find out there modern reproductions so 'well aged' that they fool anyone's eye.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=stirrup

fernando



I think yours is 19th

[laEspadaAncha]

Originally Posted by fernando

Very nice genuine example supported by a notable background.
The problem with these things is that you find out there modern reproductions so 'well aged' that they fool anyone's eye.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=stirrup

Hi 'Nando,

I wouldn't expect a whole lot of effort would be put into aging repro examples of these - at least to the degree where they would fool someone with exposure to legitimately old bronze items - as they simply don't command all that much in the collector market to begin with...

Cheers,

Chris