Pair of Rowel Spurs

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pair of rowel spurs with a bird of prey design. The spurs are made of metal, likely silver or silver-plated, and feature a textured bird head with a sharp beak and feathers on the neck and wings. The neck of the bird forms the neck of the spur, and the spur rowel is attached to the end. The spur shank is long and thin. Two spurs are shown, one on the left side of the image and one on the right, on a plain gray background. The spur on the left is angled to the left, while the spur on the right is angled to the right.