very old sporran on Ebay
Check this out! As I recall the seller says that this sporran is c1890, but the pattern is quite early, and very much resembles sporrans of the 1780-1820 period. The tricolour leather cones are quite typical of that early period.
So... is it indeed a 200 year old sporran, or a latter-day replica? The crudeness of the workmanship perhaps suggests a theatrical prop, and the eyelets/grommets suggest recent manufacture.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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