TOC Seat ID. Any help is appreciated!

[Drosentreter]

If anyone knows what this seat that I just bought may have came off of, or age of the seat, or what brand the seat is in general. Thanks, Dane

 

[stezell]

Dane I don't know for sure, but it looks European or British to me. I guess the name plate is worn off. Looks like it could be a Leppers brand or Brooks.
Sean

 

[Drosentreter]

Any idea about age?

Dane I don't know for sure, but it looks European or British to me. I guess the name plate is worn off. Looks like it could be a Leppers brand or Brooks.
Sean

 

[New Mexico Brant]

Is it chrome or nickel plated? It is hard to tell from the images. Appears to be later than you are thinking, maybe @Velo-dream or @Mercian can comment.

 

[Drosentreter]

Is it chrome or nickel plated? It is hard to tell from the images. Appears to be later than you are thinking, maybe @Velo-dream or @Mercian can comment.

I believe it is nickel plated

 

[stezell]

I'm definitely thinking it's not TOC, but like Brant said wait for some of the other guys to chime in.

 

[Freqman1]

I'm with Sean on this one--European and I think possibly as late as '40s or '50s. Looks like chrome to me but like the others said I'll wait for one of the more knowledgeable members on these to weigh in. V/r Shawn

 

[dnc1]

I've just had a quick search through some of the 'Brooks Books' (as their catalogues were often called) on the V-CC library website and I would guess it’s not a Brooks saddle. I looked from the late 1890's to the 1950's.
They don't ever appear to have offered a cycle (or motorcycle) saddle with conical shaped compound rear springing.
All of their models seem to have featured straight sided rear springs, as in the examples below.....

...it could of course be from another British manufacturer such as Mansfield or several others.
In my opinion this style was more frequently found in mainland Europe though, so perhaps 'Lepper' (The Netherlands, previously mentioned) or one of the many French saddle firms could be responsible such as 'Brown' or 'Ideale'. There are so many from France!

Any chance of some good, close up, high resolution images of the name plate and the sides of the saddle leatherwork?

 

[Drosentreter]

I've just had a quick search through some of the 'Brooks Books' (as their catalogues were often called) on the V-CC library website and I would guess it’s not a Brooks saddle. I looked from the late 1890's to the 1950's.
They don't ever appear to have offered a cycle (or motorcycle) saddle with conical shaped compound rear springing.
All of their models seem to have featured straight sided rear springs, as in the examples below.....
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...it could of course be from another British manufacturer such as Mansfield or several others.
In my opinion this style was more frequently found in mainland Europe though, so perhaps 'Lepper' (The Netherlands, previously mentioned) or one of the many French saddle firms could be responsible such as 'Brown' or 'Ideale'. There are so many from France!

Any chance of some good, close up, high resolution images of the name plate and the sides of the saddle leatherwork?

Sadly I don’t have more pictures at the moment. These were the pictures I was provided, and it has not arrived. Thank you for the info!

 

[dnc1]

The threading of the saddle clamp may also give a clue. If it's metric then you could rule out British or USA origin.
It does look Chrome plated to me in the photos which also suggests a date post 1929, but hard to say really without seeing it for real.