Antique Circassian / Caucasian / Cossack Saddle with Bone Decoration - Saddle072 american-spurs but it has been cleaned

but it has been cleaned and preserved

This is a vintage hunt servant's whip

exposing the dark steel beneath

it has a broken red seal stamped with a crest

Antique Circassian / Caucasian / Cossack Saddle with Bone Decoration - Saddle072 american-spurs but it has been cleanedThis is a small saddle constructed from several pieces of wood.. the front arch is a little loose The outer surfaces of the front and rear bows are covered in sheets of bone. Some pieces of bone are missing. The seat is covered in leather, this is rather dry and has split behind the front arch where the wood is loose. There is a piece missing on the right side. The saddle has several leather straps. Some of these have buckles and keepers with niello