Keystone Brothers, San Francisco, California
1920s
Sterling silver, braided leather
Diameter 2 1/4 inches (5.7 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Amarillo, Texas
The slide is a scalloped silver concho worked in repoussé, with a bucking horse and rider raised from a finely stippled ground at the center. Radiating feather stamps fill the border and the scalloped edge is chased with fine line work, giving the surface depth against the darkened recesses. The slide is mounted on a braided black leather cord finished with silver tips.
Keystone Brothers operated in San Francisco from the late nineteenth century as a saddlery and Western outfitter, producing silver mounted tack, buckles, and trophy work for the ranching and rodeo trade. The bucking bronco was a standard motif in that market, tied directly to rodeo competition and the Western show circuit of the period. This piece belongs to the commercial Western silver tradition rather than to Native American silversmithing, though the concho form draws on the same Southwest vocabulary.
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Keystone Brothers, San Francisco, California
1920s
Sterling silver, braided leather
Diameter 2 1/4 inches (5.7 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Amarillo, Texas
The slide is a scalloped silver concho worked in repoussé, with a bucking horse and rider raised from a finely stippled ground at the center. Radiating feather stamps fill the border and the scalloped edge is chased with fine line work, giving the surface depth against the darkened recesses. The slide is mounted on a braided black leather cord finished with silver tips.
Keystone Brothers operated in San Francisco from the late nineteenth century as a saddlery and Western outfitter, producing silver mounted tack, buckles, and trophy work for the ranching and rodeo trade. The bucking bronco was a standard motif in that market, tied directly to rodeo competition and the Western show circuit of the period. This piece belongs to the commercial Western silver tradition rather than to Native American silversmithing, though the concho form draws on the same Southwest vocabulary.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
