Featured in this lot is an Exceptional Original Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Owned Early Mexican Spanish Silver Mount Saddle, circa mid to late 19th century. Provenance: The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum, Victorville, California. Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye, 1911-1998), nicknamed the "King of the Cowboys", was an American singer, actor, television host, rodeo performer, and became one of the most famous and popular Western stars of his era. Rogers was an idol for many children through his films and television shows. Roy owned and used a number of saddles throughout his career. The idea for the museum came from Roy Rogers himself. In 1938, he visited a museum for another famous cowboy, Will Rogers. Roy noticed it didn't have many personal items. He decided then to start saving his own costumes, props, and other special belongings from his career. The museum first opened in Apple Valley, California during the 1960s. In 1976, the museum moved to the nearby city of Victorville, California. It stayed there for 27 years and became a well-known landmark in the area. This historic hand-tooled Spanish saddle is also known as the vaquero saddle or vaquera saddle. This type of saddle can be recognised by its short, straight saddle flap and the high concha at the back. The seat area is traditionally covered with lambskin or leather in brown or black. Texas Pie Plate Saddle is another name for it due to the large round horn cap shape. The saddle features silver wrapped concha, pommel and horn accents. Horsehair belly cinch, tooled triple leather tapaderos over the monel. Integrated saddle bags, braided silver inlay floral design, parfleche wrapped tree, tooled skirt, stamped conchos. Provenance includes a photograph of the saddle on display at the museum. Saddler is in overall good condition with wear evident from age and use. Measures 11.5"L seat, 5.5" diameter horn cap, 27.5"L from rear to front of skirting, 37"H from horn to tapadero bottom.