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  • NORTH & JUDD SPURS

    9:37 PM PST, 2/28/2011

    EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF VINTAGE ANTIQUE WESTERN COWBOY SPURS WITH THE ANCHOR MARK ON EACH SPUR. YOU JUST DON'T FIND THESE AS THEY WERE MADE IN THE LATE 1800'S. THIS IS THE MOST ORIGINAL PAIR I HAVE EVER SEEN AND WERE IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION FOR MANY YEARS. NORTH WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST SADDLERYS IN NORTH AMERICA WITH RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1832. GRANDSONS COMBINED TO MAKE (THE NORTH AND JUDD COMPANY) THAT WAS INCORPORATED IN 1863. THEY BEGAN USING THE ANCHOR STAMP IN 1878. THE FIRST( ANCHOR MARK) WAS THIS BIG ANCHOR IT WAS LATER CHANGED TO A SMALLER ANCHOR AROUND 1900. THE MARK ON THE LEATHER IS ALSO FROM THE SAME PERIOD 1890 TO 1900. (STELZIG SADDLERY CO. HOUSTON , TEXAS)