![RARE OTTOMAN TURKISH WARRIOR’S QUIRT 19th CENTURY: 22” length. Wood grip inlaid in wire work and segmented circles as found on Turkish pistols and rifles of the period. Hand engraved white metal pommel cap. Laminated leather tongue secured with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982436_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
Horseback Riding
![RARE OTTOMAN TURKISH WARRIOR’S QUIRT 19th CENTURY: 22” length. Wood grip inlaid in wire work and segmented circles as found on Turkish pistols and rifles of the period. Hand engraved white metal pommel cap. Laminated leather tongue secured with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982436_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![UNIQUE DISPLAY HORSESHOE: Probably dating to the latter 19th century and an advertisement for bar wrought iron stock as used by blacksmiths. The bar is forged into a horse shoe with extended tips spirally twisted. Not simply a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982464_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING IRON HORSE BIT, 9th-10th CENTURY AD: Made in four pieces with split mouth piece and captive side rings. The junctions of rolled cylindrical form with low ribbed decoration. Stable excavated condition. Vikings rode Icelandic ponies.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982220_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING HORSESHOE C.850-1050 AD: 4 3/8” height for the Icelandic pony. Early Medieval form with “pie crust” edge and folded Calkins. 3-3 nail holes for “fiddle key” nails which protruded from the shoe. The pony](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982221_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![OTTOMAN HORSEMAN'S WHIP OR QUIRT: 57" total length. Cylindrical handle with ringed brass butt. The surface in three ranks of lineal bands of fine wood and bone inlay in the Turkish taste. Together comprising thousands of individual pi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982226_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
News about Horseback Riding
![First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-08-at-1.34.03-PM-1.png)
First evidence for horseback riding dates back 5,000 years
WASHINGTON (AP) – Archaeologists have found the earliest direct evidence for horseback riding – an innovation that would transform history – in 5,000-year-old human skeletons in central Europe.
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Carl Pugliese illustration art collection drew amazing results at Bruneau & Co.
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New Florida auction gallery to launch with Jan. 23 sale
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The south Florida auction scene will get a major new player when Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery conducts a grand opening auction on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 809 Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach, beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern time. About 250 lots will come up for bid, mostly […]
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Material Culture sale Nov. 17 has fine art from Prudential
PHILADELPHIA – On Sunday, Nov. 17, Material Culture will bring to auction over 500 lots of paintings, works on paper, prints and sculpture. Its November Fine Art sale features an extensive list of important artists, chiefly from the 20th century. Of particular prominence are modern and contemporary artists from Russia, Nigeria, Haiti and the United […]