Pair of Stirrups
This pair of gilded bronze stirrups is decorated all over in rococo revival style, featuring scrolls and flowers, and a medallion bearing a crescent on each side of the branches. This type of stirrup, produced in several examples, was used during galas and other noble equestrian shows, possibly at the Royal Court itself. Traditional Portuguese classical dressage is still today using 17th and 18th-century style horse tack, including simplified forms of this very type of stirrup.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pair of Stirrups
- Date: 19th century
- Culture: Portuguese
- Medium: Copper alloy, gold
- Dimensions: 1972.94.1; H. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm); W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); D. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 12.2 oz. (1253 g); 1972.94.2; H. 8 in. (20.3 cm); W. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); D. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 12.2 oz. (1253 g)
- Classification: Equestrian Equipment-Stirrups
- Credit Line: Purchase, Bashford Dean Bequest, 1972
- Object Number: 1972.94.1, 2
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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Jacintho Xavier (Portuguese, active from 1792, died 1808)
dated 1802
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