$10,000
Sold
sold
Click image to enlarge
Description
23" (58 cm.) l. saddle. 25" l. including blanket. Of superb leather workmanship, the beautifully-engraved hand-tooled saddle was custom-made for the young actress, featuring Shirley's hand-tooled image with smiling expression and classic curly locks on each leather skirt her name in raised lasso-style lettering on the seat back, and a silver plaque inscribed "Presented to Shirley Temple by Joseph M. Schenk 1935". The saddle was custom-made by the prestigious Los Angeles leather firm of Lichtenberger-Ferguson. The saddle includes all accessories including the saddle blanket, and is in excellent condition. The saddle was gifted to Shirley by Joseph Schenk, Chairman of the Board at 20th Century Fox, on the occasion of another gift to her which was a Shetland pony. The pony was traveling to America aboard the May 1936 maiden voyage of the SS Queen Mary and then by rail to the Los Angeles train station.