This is an early 20th century mahogany boot jack - possibly a piece of officer's campaign equipment
The bit has triangular brass cheekplates these have coiled wire and lost wax cast decoration with brass studs at each corner
each cheek has two possible slots for the curb rein
This is embossed "Fibroflex" and "Fibreglass
A hand forged steel spring or butterfly bit
1920's S.C.Gallup Saddlery Co. Catalog june25 This is an early 20thThis catalogue dates from the 1920's It has a white soft cover with an image of a saddled bull on the front. The cover is quite grubby, there are stickers on it and the corners are worn. There are 74 pages of black & white illustrations of saddles, bridles, chaps, tents, leather work, saddle blankets, bits, stirrups, whips and spurs. Samuel Caldwell Gallup opened his saddlery business in Pueblo, Colorado in 1869, it traded until the 1920's Dimensions