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Antique Herman Heiser Child's Saddle Herman H. Hei

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Antique Herman Heiser Child's Saddle Herman H. Hei
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Herman H. Heiser emigrated from Germany to the United States in the 1850’s. Heiser moved to Colorado in the early 1860’s and started a successful saddle shop. His sons took over the Heiser Saddlery after Herman’s death in1904. The saddlery was run by Ewald Heiser until 1945 when it was sold to the Denver Dry Goods company who continued to use the Heiser name. The childs or small woman’s astride saddle was an attempt to bridge the side saddle with the western saddle around the turn of the 20th century. The Heiser stamp was not used on this saddle as it was an experimental piece. The design never became popular and very few astride saddles were produced. It is not even mentioned in most historical saddle books since it is very rare. The astride saddle was shown in the Heiser catalog published in 1915. Saddle has wonderful hand tooled accents with a stitched design across the seat. Leather tooled and bentwood stirrup tapaderos. Saddle has a 12” seat.