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1900s Mike Morales Double Bit with Double Conchos

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
1900s Mike Morales Double Bit with Double Conchos
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1900s Mike Morales Double Bit with Double Conchos (1888-1934),spade port with roller, slobber bar lower shank, chain rein guards, unmarked, Miguel Morales ''I have worked in the best bit and spur shops in California and Nevada and can make anything from a spur rowel to the silver mountings for a saddle. My bits and spurs are made by hand from the ground up.'' Born in 1888 in Mexico and in 1902 apprenticed with G.S. Garcia in Elko, Nev., 1915 opened shop in Portland, OR, 1927 relocated his shop in 1927 to Los Angeles, CA, prior to 1910 Morales did not mark his pieces, Morales used a double parallel diagonal line from one corner of the design to the other. He decorated his silver conchas with a six-petal motif, filling the spaces between with a half diamond shape. Mike used both overlay and inlay, but the majority were overlaid.