old sadddle

[rawhide1]

I was wondering if anybody had a idea on who the maker of this saddle is. Or maybe about what year it was made. I dont see a makers mark on it. But I thought maybe the tooling and shape would be enough for somebody to make a guess. The wife said all she knows about it is it was her dads first saddle and he really dont know any more about it than that. So any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Mike

[steveh]

This saddle has many features of the , Cheyenne, great plains stock saddle, made famous by Meanea, and Collins makers of that era.It has a half seat, the seat jockey is part of the seat, as opposed to being a seperate piece. It has Cheyenne roll part of that time frame.The rear jockeys are round and seem orignal since the border follows the radius.It is double rigged with large skirts.The cattle figure on the seat jockey looks like it may be embossed from a stamp as opposed to being hand tooled. The border looks cut and stamped and the seat cantel looks hand tooled.This style was popular from the 1880's thru the 1890's.Since it is not marked it may be from a harness and saddle warehouse that exsited in the larger citys of that era.

[rawhide1]

This saddle has many features of the , Cheyenne, great plains stock saddle, made famous by Meanea, and Collins makers of that era.It has a half seat, the seat jockey is part of the seat, as opposed to being a seperate piece. It has Cheyenne roll part of that time frame.The rear jockeys are round and seem orignal since the border follows the radius.It is double rigged with large skirts.The cattle figure on the seat jockey looks like it may be embossed from a stamp as opposed to being hand tooled. The border looks cut and stamped and the seat cantel looks hand tooled.This style was popular from the 1880's thru the 1890's.Since it is not marked it may be from a harness and saddle warehouse that exsited in the larger citys of that era.

Steve

Thanks a bunch for the info. it's much appreciated.

Mike