17th Century Style Sporrans

[The Q]

I do wonder what evidence there is for what sporrans in the 17th century looked like.

Museum artifacts have been shown to be next to worthless, because while they often have attached mythology, they almost never have air-tight provenance.

So we are left with iconography. There are loads of 18th century portraits but AFAIK very few 17th century ones.

I don't see any sporran here, unfortunately (1660)

From the admittedly small picture I'm looking at he appears to be wearing on his left hip, this is where a saxon clothed person would wear his scrip or purse prior to the invention of pockets.

[Luke MacGillie]

Here is Lord Duffus's Sporran.



As to what is on Sir Mungo's waistline...



But we can really see that drawstring quite well.

[figheadair]

From the admittedly small picture I'm looking at he appears to be wearing on his left hip, this is where a saxon clothed person would wear his scrip or purse prior to the invention of pockets.

I think you are confusing the sporran (there isn't one) with his sword hilt.