History of the plain leather day sporran?

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I have a large collection of photos of Victorian and Edwardian people in Highland dress

Most of which are pipers, if my memory is correct

How many prints exist of the common, working man in his Highland attire? For that matter, how many illustrations of the common Highlander exist pre-1800? I would expect prints of the landed and titled gentry to show them in their 'Sunday best', ie stylized sporrans and so forth.

Here's a pic of a buckskin sporran, dated 17th century, courtesy of Nat Museum of Scotland

Suede, late 17th century

Calfskin, early 18th century

Allegedly Rob Roy's purse/sporran 18th century


Entire collection of sporrans at the Museum
http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/resu...h_term=sporran