Pair of Rowel Spurs 1798–1809 French, Paris This pair of spurs, made in Paris between 1798 and 1809 according to its silver hallmarks, copies a popular contemporary English type. The neck and rowel are attached to a tab clipping into a rectangular opening with a spring, making it detachable. This type of spur is described in the entry Eperon in the Swiss Encyclopédie d'Yverdon published in 1772 by Fortuné Barthélemy de Félice. He calls it a 'spring spur' (éperon à ressort). There, it is explained that the drawback of such spurs is once the neck is separated from the heel plate, it is so small
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Pair of Rowel Spurs 1798–1809 French, Paris This pair of spurs, made in Paris between 1798 and 1809 according to its silver hallmarks, copies a popular contemporary English type. The neck and rowel are attached to a tab clipping into a rectangular opening with a spring, making it detachable. This type of spur is described in the entry Eperon in the Swiss Encyclopédie d'Yverdon published in 1772 by Fortuné Barthélemy de Félice. He calls it a 'spring spur' (éperon à ressort). There, it is explained that the drawback of such spurs is once the neck is separated from the heel plate, it is so small