Salvete Omnes,
the new AD 2025 has taken off quite nicely for the Americans with the new POTUS - America, I do hope for thee & for me -:) .
ad rem, great American museum MET has two Old Polish items - sword and saddle - on digital display.
They are both unusual as they belong to the parade type, richly adorned and made with highest skill and mastery by the respective artisans.
first, the saddle - H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm); L. 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm); W. 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm); Wt. 11 lbs. (5 kg) - I wonder about the dating - AD 1664. It seem very late for this type of saddle. There is a seemingly similar saddle in Sweden, taken as trophy from Polish Commonwealth during the Deluge.
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| the horn, very Mexican, has an image of a hunter? or soldier in a Western dress |
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| there may be a coat of arms under the horn plate, inside the horn, of the city of Gdansk |
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| a nice lancer - perhaps a Polish winged hussar with a lance |
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the sabre /saber with scabbard ('pochwa' in Polish) and carrying belt ('Rapcie' in Polish)- associated with the Saxon court and perhaps with our king Augustus the Strong. Very splendid horseman's weapon.
Valete
