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18MR-1 HORSE CHANFRON

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:NA
18MR-1 HORSE CHANFRON
SOLD
2,700.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2019 Jun 03 @ 13:15UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Horse defense (Chanfron) circa early to Mid-16th century. Noted Glorietta, New Mexico antiquities dealer/collector Jeff Hengesbaugh places at time of De Soto’s expedition and probably Spanish. Measures approximately 15” x 11” showing heavy natural aging (No chemicals applied) with dark patina on brass rivets. Losses to ears and top. Excavated long ago. Absolutely genuine and not a Victorian or later reproduction with stand. Est.: $5,000-$10,000