Interesting Sporran

**Highlander31** · 11th February 14, 10:19 PM

I ran across this vintage A & J Scott sporran on eBay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-A-...item4ad0264937

Not something I would wear, but the method of closure caught my eye. The ends of the sporran chain go through the back of the sporran and connect to two metal loops which appear to be part of the cantle.

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I'm not sure how comfortable this would be to wear.

Has anyone seen a chain mounted on a sporran like this?

**sailortats** · 12th February 14, 06:23 AM

Not something I would wear either. That sporran chain setup is certainly strange. If you went to open the sporran for some reason you would be shortening the chain around your waist. That could make it very uncomfortable for the time the sporran was open, not to mention the additional abrasion to the kilt..

**Nathan** · 12th February 14, 06:27 AM

I like the sporran. The chains going inside are a bit weird but if they got on my nerves it would be an easy fix.

**KD Burke** · 12th February 14, 06:28 AM

I don't care for the look, but the closure seems rather clever to me. As I wear it, a sporran has a bit of "drape" ("Droop?") to the strap or chain when I'm standing upright. With this arrangement, the weight of the sporran would hold the flap closed, but if I were to grasp the flap and raise the sporran to a more accessible level, the chains would then have sufficient slack to allow the flap to open.

**artificer** · 12th February 14, 06:40 AM

The style is generally called a "Prince Charlie" Sporran due to it's resemblance to the one worn by Bonnie Prince Charlie in this painting.

The attachment of the chain, while odd compared to other sporrans, is also not uncommon and can actually be seen on a few other styles here and there.

ith:

**creagdhubh** · 12th February 14, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by artificer

The style is generally called a "Prince Charlie" Sporran due to it's resemblance to the one worn by Bonnie Prince Charlie in this painting.

The attachment of the chain, while odd compared to other sporrans, is also not uncommon and can actually be seen on a few other styles here and there.

ith:

Precisely. I own one in a similar style (L&M) and made of seal, yet I never wear it anymore. Scott, that's one of my favourite paintings by the way. Brilliant composition.

Cheers,

**Godot** · 12th February 14, 07:35 AM

I kinda like it... if they offered shipping to the US I'd be tempted if I could win it with a relatively low bid.

**OC Richard** · 12th February 14, 07:37 AM

Yep that's how those "Prince Charlie" style Evening Dress sporrans were usually made. I used to have one, sealskin and sterling silver, that I picked up used, quite cheaply, back around 1977. It was made precisely like that, with holes that the chain went through, which kept the flap shut.

It was just as comfortable to wear as any other sort of sporran.

Here I am wearing it, back in the day

Here is that style in the 1936 Anderson catalogue

and in the trifold photo catalogue used by a large number of sporranmakers in the 1960s through the 1990s

**ASinclair** · 12th February 14, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by Highlander31

I ran across this vintage A & J Scott sporran on eBay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-A-...item4ad0264937

Not something I would wear, but the method of closure caught my eye. The ends of the sporran chain go through the back of the sporran and connect to two metal loops which appear to be part of the cantle.

I'm not sure how comfortable this would be to wear.

Has anyone seen a chain mounted on a sporran like this?

A Prince Charlie style sporran is not on my wish list, either, but that is an interesting closure. Thanks for posting.

**IrishSean** · 12th February 14, 10:05 AM

I have liked the Prince Charlie style since I saw a series of photos on here which showed one worn by theDuke(s) of Argyll over several generations.

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/23...8012c7c47d.jpg
http://unsere-reisen-in-england.de/i...e-02.08.20.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...76_306x532.jpg
http://media.emirates247.com/images/2013/11/STOUN7.jpg
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/23...03b75c3258.jpg

I have no ancestral sporran and nary a drop of noble blood. However, I am drawn to both the hair and PC cantle aspects of that particular sporran.

As an aside, Creagdhubh, you noted twice that you never wear yours anymore. Are you thinking of passing it along to the rabble?