Quality Sporrans for less money

[OC Richard]

WE Scott fairly recent sporran with "G" cantle, looks like silverplate with quite a bit of the plating worn off.

The seller says "rabbit", I think it's a higher-grade fur.

$40 and here in the USA.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/37615546551...Bk9SR9zayp3FZQ

[OC Richard]

This is a gorgeous c1910-c1940 cantle but a well-worn seal body, from Rowans Glasgow.

If it were an adult size sporran it might go for hundreds of pounds, but it appears to be child size.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/30623803782...Bk9SR97ayp3FZQ

[User]

WE Scott fairly recent sporran with "G" cantle, looks like silverplate with quite a bit of the plating worn off.

The seller says "rabbit", I think it's a higher-grade fur.

$40 and here in the USA.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/37615546551...Bk9SR9zayp3FZQ

I purchased it. Thanks!
Now I need to figure out how I want to address the wear on the cantle plating.

[OC Richard]

I purchased it. Thanks!
Now I need to figure out how I want to address the wear on the cantle plating.

Cool!

I don't think I've ever seen a cantle with the plating in a condition like that.

I wonder what the metal underneath is.

In the old days, I would say at least from the 1840s up until around 1960, "Highland Ornaments" were generally made of 'German silver' AKA 'nickel silver' AKA 'cupro-nickel'. They'd be left plain, or silver plated.

If some, or even most, of the plating wore off it wouldn't be apparent when the item was polished up.

Then at some point, I think in the late 1950s or perhaps 1960s, they changed to brass underneath and nickel-plating the items.

Later yet they began chrome-plating things, rather nasty in my opinion.