Interesting Sporran

[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?

[sailortats]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[creagdhubh]

Here's mine from L&M. Made of grey sealskin with six ball/chain, sealskin tassels and a "Prince Charlie" style cantle. Again, I never wear it anymore.

[ASinclair]

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.