Barnaby M 86 77 children's saddle 13.5 inch

[Jennifer Trenchard]

Hello, I am trying to find out the value and any information about a Barnaby saddle. The serial is M 86 77 .
Any help would be most appreciated, thanks in advance!

 

[Jennifer Trenchard]

 

[Jennifer Trenchard]

 

[sbloom]

What do you need to know? Did you mean Barnsby? If so Ideal bought them, they're now known as Barclay but they should have records of old ID numbers, no-one other than the maker is going to be able to give you info on an ID number. If Barnaby then I have no clue. Looks standard issue small workshop (no branding so makes it less likely you meant Barnsby) saddle in buffalo leather.

 

[brighteyes]

Is that a maker's plate under the jockey flap?

 

[sbloom]

Is that a maker's plate under the jockey flap?

It's the fall down staple (d ring) but there might be one, just doubt it as most people spot those, but never say never!

 

[Lucky Snowball]

I have a Barnsby saddle which is embossed 'the official Pony Club saddle' or similar. The studs are also engraved 'Barnsby Saddlery' Interestingly, there is a hand stamped number which I assumed was a serial number and date 'S1973-98' each number is within a circle similar to the ones on OP's saddle. No point to this except both saddles are marked manually in a similar way. Also OP's is M and mine is S could that be Medium and Small for tree width before N, M and W ??

 

[sbloom]

I have a Barnsby saddle which is embossed 'the official Pony Club saddle' or similar. The studs are also engraved 'Barnsby Saddlery' Interestingly, there is a hand stamped number which I assumed was a serial number and date 'S1973-98' each number is within a circle similar to the ones on OP's saddle. No point to this except both saddles are marked manually in a similar way. Also OP's is M and mine is S could that be Medium and Small for tree width before N, M and W ??

It doesn't look like the Pony Club (usually brown with caramel welting), a Barnsby badge and I think the seat is a different shape. The 6875 is the standard way of stamping a saddle flap. And no, tree widths have been N-M-W etc since before that saddle was made, the S and probably the M are to do with a unique ID, perhaps a maker, or a year, who knows.

 

[Jennifer Trenchard]

What do you need to know? Did you mean Barnsby? If so Ideal bought them, they're now known as Barclay but they should have records of old ID numbers, no-one other than the maker is going to be able to give you info on an ID number. If Barnaby then I have no clue. Looks standard issue small workshop (no branding so makes it less likely you meant Barnsby) saddle in buffalo leather.

 

[sbloom]

As I said, you need to go to Ideal (or Barclay as that's what Barnsby has been renamed), they can look up the ID for you. It doesn't look like a Pony Club model at all, but equally it looks pretty old, may not be a standard model at all, and anything you find out about it may actually tell you nothing useful. Asking a fitter if it will fit your horse is ultimately usually more useful.