Vintage Wood and Brass Stirrups - Stirrup123 christmas They have quite large steel

They have quite large steel many pointed rowelsThere is a silver metal disc on each side of each rowel

There are also short bars - possibly to stop it being pulled through the mouth

There is a silver coloured plaque on the top which reads "27th Nov

Ref : Cav036

one is stamped "2"

Vintage Wood and Brass Stirrups - Stirrup123 christmas They have quite large steelThese are something of an oddity. A pair of stirrups carefully carved from wood probably Ash and bound with a strip of brass. They are very well made, with careful dovetail joints underneath and a strip of wood let into the inside of the arch on top. Over time they have acquired a few woodworm holes (14 to be precise) and two splits in the top of one stirrup, although it is still quite sound. I have seen one other pair of similar wood and brass