This pair of military pommel holster would have been used to carry a pair of Colt revolvers and are marked "J. C. SHACKLEFORD & CO/MAKER" on the top of the bodies. The throats have brass caps. Shackleford was based in Cincinnati in the 1850s and manufactured various tack items and luggage. Other Walker sized pommel holsters are known to have been made by the firm. Similar examples by other makers are found in the military section of "Packing Iron: Gunleather of the Frontier West." The text indicates the pair would have been for an officer given General Order No. 31 from 1851 called for officers to have holsters of this pattern and regular enlisted dragoons to have a combination holster set for a single handgun and grooming equipment.

Very good with moderate overall wear, including some cracking and repairs on the straps, an absent flap stud, some small tears, and loss at one toe.