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Schoellkopf Co. Texas Silver Saddle

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana / Collectibles - Old West Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Schoellkopf Co. Texas Silver Saddle
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Schoellkopf Company Texas Silver Saddle.
Marked on the fenders The Schoellkopf Co. / Famous Jumbo Brand with the company’s trademark elephant graphic, this 1950s era Dallas, Texas, fully floral carved, round skirted, double-rigged, black parade saddle features a quilted and padded seat, intricately engraved heavy gauge sterling swell caps, a silver gullet with rope edge, and fully silvered Cheyenne cantle cover with rope edge. The skirts and fenders are adorned with diamond and half-diamond conchos leading to striking silver corner plates. The tapaderos are peppered with nickel-on-brass spots and are obviously not original to the saddle. Saddle is in very fine, rideable condition. The tapaderos show wear.

The G.H. Schoellkopf Company was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1869. His son, J. Fred Schoellkopf became VP around the same time that they published their first saddlery catalog in 1887 and it is considered one of the earliest known Texas saddle, tack and hardware catalogs. They used the White Elephant Brand trademark until the early 1900s when they adopted the “Famous Jumbo Brand”. The shop flourished and by the 1920s their catalog had expanded to over 350 pages with a diversified array of cowboy equipment. The company changed with the times and trends and even manufactured silver saddles when the demand of Texas parade riders called for them in the late 1940s and 1950s.