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1930s Brydon Bros Saddle, Bridle and Breast Collar with colorful Hollywood History

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:7,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
1930s Brydon Bros Saddle, Bridle and Breast Collar with colorful Hollywood History
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Black silver mounted Brydon Bros, Los Angeles, California high back, round skirt show saddle with silver work by the renowned Bohlin master silversmith, Phillip Fredholm. Saddle features an intricately engraved, fully silvered cantle, sterling swells, engraved silver trim around the perimeter, silver spots, domed conchos with red stone (Ruby?) centers, silver trimmed stirrups, white latigo strings. Includes matching Bridle and Breastcollar. All pieces in fine overall condition. PROVENANCE: Saddle previously owned by P.K. Fisher, a leading Palamino breeder who sold Trigger Jr. to Roy Rogers, becoming close friends of both Roy and Dale. Though the saddle initially exited the Brydon Bros, Los Angeles, shop, it also visited Ed Bohlin’s Hollywood saddlery for some later embellishments with subsequent mountings applied by master silversmith Phillip Fredholm. In addition to Fisher, the Brydon saddle was owned by legendary actress Barbara Stanwick (1907-1990), who added her trademark rubies. Stanwick and her husband, handsome leading man, Robert Taylor (1911-1969) rode the saddle around their large ranch in the Mandeville Canyon section of Brentwood in West Los Angeles – a property that is still referred to as the old Robert Taylor Ranch.