Antique Devon Slipper Stirrup - Stirrup317 hunt The long stock or shaft

The long stock or shaft is made of red-brown malacca cane

Weight 521g ( 1lb 2½oz)

The corners are bumped

the metal bands shoe the scuffs and scars of age

5cm) maximum width

Antique Devon Slipper Stirrup - Stirrup317 hunt The long stock or shaftThis pigskin covered stirrup has a steel frame. It has a shaped footplate that pivots within the arch of the stirrup. There is a a covered toe which would have covered the front of the foot, preventing it from slipping through the iron and getting trappedThe arch itself is covered in leatherThe stirrup itself is probably early Victorian. It has a few repairs and areas of wear : the sole has been partly re covered but there are still areas that have