Pair of Rowel Spurs dated 1738 Inscribed by Manuel Casco Mexican or Spanish Each of these incredible spurs is adorned on the heel band and between the spikes of the rowel with delicate pierced decoration featuring lions walking among vegetal scrolls. Each terminal, featuring buttons for the straps, is shaped as a double-headed eagle, originally the German imperial emblem, a motif imported from Spain and used here only for a decorative purpose. Each neck is adorned with spirals and a figure of a dog (or a stylized lion) in the round, standing on a plaque bearing the signature of the maker, Manuel Casco, and the date. Other letters and monograms are inscribed on the dogs, maybe the marks of two of Cascos collaborators.While the pierced decoration has been influenced by the importation, via Spain, of horse equipment made in Southern Germany in the 16th and 17th century, as well as by Chinese textiles, 18th-century Mexican spurs like these examples, in addition to bits and stirrups, often