Victorian Ladies Sidesaddle Whip with Gilt Mounts - w1677 box-spurs Ref: Nimrod

Ref: Nimrod

one of the curb hooks is missing its tip

there is a little crackling to the surface of the leather on one side

The front is stamped "Flashman

Victorian Ladies Sidesaddle Whip with Gilt Mounts - w1677 box-spurs Ref: NimrodThis long slim whip has a gilded cap with cast foliate decoration and a loop which holds a purple silk tasselled wrist strap. It has a gilt collar, also with cast decoration and a blank shield where initials could be engraved. Between the cap and the collar the grip of the whip is covered in tan leather with a finely stitched seam. The rest of the long tapering whalebone shaft is covered in braided thread. The whip has its original vellum and silk