A Scarce Pair of 18thC Cock Fighting Spurs c.1780-1800 sub-Antiques achingly beautiful

achingly beautiful

He occupied it under Henry I and later under Stephen

By rotating the box two complete turns anti clockwise the sand fills a reservoir and the sand then falls onto the wheel and drives a series of gears by means of which the acrobat performs his tricks

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A Scarce Pair of 18thC Cock Fighting Spurs c.1780-1800 sub-Antiques achingly beautifulOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1780 1800Height: 1. 25Depth: 3Width: 0. 25 (each)The rare pair of eighteenth century cock fighting spurs, in steel and brass with leather straps, the wholes surviving from Georgian period England. The spurs are in totally original order with no losses or repairs. The leather straps would be secured around the cocks leg with the steel ring placed over the birds natural leg spurs before