Mexican sombreros and Spanish colonial forged iron pieces such as spurs, stirrups, and weapons are found in this section.


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click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge no enlargement avail- able for above picture click picture to enlarge	TITLE: Tall-Crown Mexican Sombrero MATERIAL: felt APPROXIMATE SIZE: 20 inches top of brim ( front to back) and 10 inch tall crown ESTIMATED AGE: 100 years CONDITION: fair -- with entrance and exit bullet holes -- felt is thick and sturdy with little damage --some of decorative cloth shows damage and partially detached -- part of braid is also detached -- no lining -- someone seems to have once glued something such as spangles in the form of a heart to the front and other parts of the crown with remnants of the glue remaining. Most all of the damage is evident in the photos. There is practically no insect damage. PRE-AUCTION PRICE: $850 dollars SHIPPING: $75 dollars ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This is a very sturdy sombrero de pico that has great potential for recovery with a professional cleaning and minor restoration. The gold thread designs and cords are in great shape. Most of this is evident if you click the pictures to view the enlargements.


click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge	TITLE: Narrow Brim, Tall-Crown Mexican Sombrero MATERIAL: felt APPROXIMATE SIZE: 16 inches (front to back) and 8 inch crown ESTIMATED AGE: 100 years CONDITION: poor --with entrance and exit bullet holes, dirty, considerable insect damage, no lining -- but beautiful PRE-AUCTION PRICE: $300 dollars SHIPPING: $75 dollars ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I suppose that you absolutely love the sight of this sombrero or hate it. I simply could not pass it by. To me, the dirt and wear add to its charm. It might be the last that we will see of this style offered for sale.


click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge	TITLE: Early Spanish colonial spur #1 MATERIAL: iron APPROXIMATE SIZE: 9 inches total length--5 inch diameter rowel ESTIMATED AGE: 400 years old -- give or take 50 years CONDITION: very good condition for age. PRE-AUCTION PRICE: $ 700 dollars SHIPPING: $34 dollars ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Chances are that this nicely engraved spur came over from Spain with the earliest explorers or settlers to Mexico. This might have been a conquistador spur with the four spirals on top having been cut off. I say this because the nubs that remain are of uneven length. The last picture is the clearest.


click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge	TITLE: Early Spanish colonial spur #2 MATERIAL: iron APPROXIMATE SIZE: 9 1/2 inches total length -- 4 3/4 inch diameter rowel ESTIMATED AGE: 400 years old -- give or take 50 years CONDITION: very good condition for age. When I purchased this spur the rowel was broken and was actually a replacement. I replaced that rowel with an authentic old rowel. Most experts would not notice the restoration without being told.. PRE-AUCTION PRICE: $ 700 dollars SHIPPING: $34 dollars ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This is probably a frontier manufacture spur --most likely made in Mexico rather than Spain. The pictures do not do justice to this great spur. For this reason please click the third picture and hopefully the enlargement will show more of the detail on the shaft of this spur.


click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge	TITLE: Early Spanish colonial spur #3 MATERIAL: iron APPROXIMATE SIZE: 9 1/4 inches total length--4 3/4 inch diameter rowel ESTIMATED AGE: 400 years old -- give or take 50 years CONDITION: very good condition for age. PRE-AUCTION PRICE: $ 500 dollars SHIPPING: $34 dollars ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: As can be seen in the enlargement, there is nice engraving on the shank of this one. There is a single jinglebob.


click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge click picture to enlarge	TITLE: Veleros de Procesión -- Early Spanish Processional Candle Holders (pair) MATERIAL: iron APPROXIMATE SIZE: Not counting the base, 14 inches tall by 7 inches wide ESTIMATED AGE: 300 years old CONDITION: very good condition for age. PRE-AUCTION PRICE: $ 850 dollars SHIPPING: $60 dollars ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This matched pair of processional crosses come from Miralrio, Spain. They were purchased from a cofradía which was a religious brotherhood. On the bottom of each holder is a scket into which was inserted a a long pole something about the size of a broomstick so that the candle could be carried aloft in the relious processions. Not permanently affixed within each socket, I have placed a wooden plug secured with silicone. The wooden plug goes down over a metal pin protruding upward fram the black metal base. The pair also looks great hanging on the wall -- but I am short of wall space (which is also the reason that I sell so many of the pieces that I would like to keep.) If you prefer not to have the bases, let me know and I will clean the wood and silicone from the sockets before shipping. These are unique pieces.


	More information on this non-religious vaquero painting on tin is on the page dedicated to Art: Retablos, Exvotos, Paintings. .

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