Spur - Medieval
Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
History/Notes: medieval spur used to have Antique Dealers Assn Stamp
Material: metal (iron)
Colour: rusting patina
Decoration: open rosette on back of heel
Perforated pattern on sides and back of heel
Form: U shape to fit sides of foot and back of heel
A rosette design above the spur.
Spur at back is eight pointed `star' that revolves in brackets.
A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse to move forward or laterally while riding. The very old word derives from Anglo-Saxon spura, spora, related to spornan, spurnan, to kick, spurn; cf. Medieval High German Sporn, modern German Sporn, Dutch spoor, Frisian spoar. The generalised sense of "anything that urges on, stimulus" is recorded in English from circa 1390.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spur
The spur was used by the Celts during the La Tene period (which began in the 5th century BC) and by medieval knights.
Souce: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/spur
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Object detail
Heavy weight
Courtesy of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
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