This 'Cowboy Sceptre', is a fancy term for this really nice quirt, recently displayed by Scott Hardy of the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association. It has a body made of hand-rolled sterling silver tubes over a braided rawhide core. The silver stock is 1/16 inch thick and this ultimate piece of cowboy gear is adorned with over an ounce of 14k yellow and rose gold. Hand-engraved gold flowers are complemented by intertwining sterling silver scrolls.
In addition to Scott Hardy's work on this piece, the sceptre includes the work of two other TCAA craftsmen: Nate Wald, who contributed the rawhide braid work which includes Spanish-styled knots and Gaucho-inspired horse hide accents in hand-cut and bevelled 1/32 inch strings, and Dale Harwood, who contributed the flower-tooled popper with hand-dyed background. Sale price of the Cowboy Sceptre? $16,500
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