Sporrans 1920s/1930s

[OC Richard]

If it would help, I could shoot a higher res one?

Yes that would be awesome! Thanks!

[figheadair]

Yes that would be awesome! Thanks!

Will get it organised and PM you.

[OC Richard]

Here's a cropped version of Peter's vintage Hunting sporran find. It's wonderful.



What I find most interesting is the overall shape: the pouch is larger and more rounded, and the top more arched, than the Hunting sporrans in the vintage catalogues:



These are shaped more like a cartouche, with similar-sized semi-circles above and below, and straight sides.

Here's one similar to Number 16 in the Anderson c1936 catalogue above, but the pouch is a tad more rounded.

Note that the tooling/stamping to centre is proper Celtic interlace, going over/under/over/under



About my recent Ebay acquisition, which has no maker's stamp



it looks amazingly like this vintage sporran stamped ROWANS Ltd GLASGOW & BIRMINGHAM

[OC Richard]

Here's one of the boys' sporrans from the c1930 Fraser Ross catalogue, Number 22



Just looking at the catalogue, one wouldn't know that the design is tiny thistles! Which is why one needs to see these things in the flesh.

[RodF]

Absolutely love this thread with the historic catalog images and then the actual sporrans from your collection. Wow. Incredible!