Victorian Goat Hair Sporran Reconditioned

[turpin]

Those tassel cones are amazing! I love the red leather inside the filigree design. are you sure this is a goat hari sporran? Up close it looks like horsehair to me.

I agree with you - that cantle is just wonderful, and I think the cleaning struck a good balance between tarnish and shine. All in all, a fine job of cleaning and rejuvenation.

[Dram]

Those tassel cones are amazing! I love the red leather inside the filigree design. are you sure this is a goat hari sporran? Up close it looks like horsehair to me.

I agree with you - that cantle is just wonderful, and I think the cleaning struck a good balance between tarnish and shine. All in all, a fine job of cleaning and rejuvenation.

Good question. Light color hair is most definitely goat and the tassles I believe are horse hair.

Something else I found most interesting is that each section of the cantle is a little bit different: variations on the theme. Very well thought out artistically.

I am glad you think I did a good job. Thank you.

[ThistleDown]

Wonderful job of restoration, Dram. A superb piece of heritage saved.

Rex

[Dram]

Wonderful job of restoration, Dram. A superb piece of heritage saved.

Rex

Thank you. I am going to do a little more work on it, but I am pleased with how it's gone thus far.

I of course will take great care of it. Someday it may need a new pouch but I will keep it original for as long as possible.

[piperdbh]

Are you sure the clover is clover and not shamrocks/siamrog? The maker might have intended a Scots-Irish connection in the piece.

That's a beautiful piece of silver, and you've done a slam-bang job of cleaning it.

[Dram]

Are you sure the clover is clover and not shamrocks/siamrog? The maker might have intended a Scots-Irish connection in the piece.

That's a beautiful piece of silver, and you've done a slam-bang job of cleaning it.

Thank you. I have always used clover and shamrock synonymously, so yes they are shamrocks.

I would actually be delighted if the maker or commissioner intended it to be this way, As in addition to being of Scots ancestry I am also Scot-Irish, and Irish. Most of my family on my maternal side settled early on in Virginia having come from through-out the British Isles. My paternal side came to the U.S. from co. Wexford Ireland, and Anglesey Wales.

This piece is a nice representaion of my own personal ancestry.