A Single Monkey Nosed Tapadero - Stirrup312 mans The bit has brass cheeks

The bit has brass cheeks with cast floral and foliate decoration on each side of the mouthpiece

the grip is covered in finely braided black baleen or whalebone

and open treads with diagonal grooves for grip

Townsend & Adams

The buckles have some scratches and small dents

A Single Monkey Nosed Tapadero - Stirrup312 mans The bit has brass cheeksThis old leather covered stirrup probably dates from the early 20th Century. It has an internal iron or steel frames. The leather is tooled with a basketweave pattern, there would have been two leather rosettes with leather strings on each side of the stirrups, these are missing on one side. The leather has come away from the metal frame on one side . The old leather is stiff and the surface shows some crackling. Dimensions : External Width 6" (17cm),