Amazing PHOTOS

**Standard** · 13th March 09, 09:03 PM

Thanks for sharing those amazing photos with us. What a grand friend you have to loan the sporran to you. PDCorlis is correct, there is nothing quite like real... old... stuff.

**The Barry** · 14th March 09, 12:16 AM

Great pics, thanks for sharing!

**Sionnach** · 14th March 09, 06:02 AM

Very nice looking pieces, what a great opportunity and thanks for sharing them with us.

**Ancienne Alliance** · 15th March 09, 03:08 PM

Suberb !

Thank you for sharing.

Robert

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 30th March 09, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by shawhighlander

THE BAGPIPE DRONES: (c. early 1800's)
The banners are all made of satin hand stitched, some even containing gold thread. Unfortunately, the Scot who sold my friend these pieces was not forthcoming to the origin of these pipe drones, so the history is a wee bit vague.

I believe the fittings are made from brass and contain hand engravings on each coupling of the drone.

This particular pipe banner is that of His Grace, the Duke of Leinster and probably dates from WWI or there abouts.