A great trio of sporrans receiving plenty of bids already.
Unfortunately the most interesting of the three is turned around backwards in every photo!
It could be quite old, even Victorian. Hopefully the seller will turn it right-side up and snap a photo!
EDIT: multiple people have contacted the seller for more photos, but the seller says they can't do. They claim that their process is to snap the photos, package the item, send the item to their shipping department, then put the listing up on Ebay.
This seems like a ridiculous way to do things especially if you only photograph each item from one angle.
In this case not only would we love to see the front of the left-hand sporran, we need to see the back of the right-hand sporran to know when it was made. It might be made in the older way with non-opening top and flapped pocket on back. Or it could be a 1953 Patent sporran or post-Patent style.
We can see the high-quality cantle with the boss as a separate screwed-on piece. We would need to see both sides and the top of the cantle to know whether it's silver-plate or Sterling Silver.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/176223291635
Last edited by OC Richard; 7th February 24 at 03:21 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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