201

Ladies Astride Saddle by Herman Heiser early 1900

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD
Ladies Astride Saddle by Herman Heiser early 1900
Western Americana, Native American Indian Items, Sioux Indian Items, Winchester, Savage, Colts, Remington, C.M. Russell, Antiques, Collectibles, Slot Machines, and MORE!
Herman H. Heiser immigrated 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 ladies astride saddle was an attempt to bridge the side saddle with thewestern 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 evenmentioned in most historical saddle books since it is very rare. The astride saddle was shown in the Heiser catalog published in 1915. In the fifty years Dale E. Moore has been building and collecting saddles this isthe only astride saddle he ever has seen or hear about. The piece was also published in the fourth addition of “Old Cowboy Saddles and Spurs” by Dan and Sebie Hutchins. No other