This elegant brass spur features curved side bars producing an up-swept body, and a rectangular neck holding a brass rowel finely cast and chased in the form of a sunburst. The side bars have the slots intact for a spur strap and are convex on the exterior. The rowel points are not only tall, but the rowel is cast with channels and ridges so that they appear to burst out from its center. The condition is excellent. We count twenty points and see only one missing a tip. The brass has an even, mellow aged patina and was likely gilt.

The identical spur is illustrated on page 172 of the Time-Life Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy, where it is labeled as a “C.S. General’s Spur.” It is unclear from the photo credits whether it is held by the old Museum of the Confederacy or is a captured piece in the NY State Military Museum, but the series is generally careful in its identifications so there is likely something specific in backing up use of that example by a general officer. An excavated example is pictured in Crouch’s 1998 American Spurs as CS10, where he notes the “rare upswept body” and the “unusual Mexican style neck,” and illustrates a small brass strap buckle dug with it, which he notes is the same one used with a Richmond spur.

This is a striking spur with rather dynamic lines. [sr] [ph:L]

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