Pair of Rowel Spurs; ca. 1650; French or Netherlandish; Iron; right: L. 6 in. (15.3 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.4 cm); Wt. 4.6 oz (130 g); left: L. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Wt. 4.35 oz. (124 g); Equestrian Equipment-Spurs; These superb spurs are intricately chiseled with minute figures of warriors on horseback interspersed with grotesque masks and floral patterns. The workmanship relates closely to that of a small group of chiseled iron sword hilts that were made in either France or Holland in the mid-seventeenth century