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[shawhighlander]

THE BAGPIPE DRONES: (c. early 1800's)


The banners are all made of satin hand stitched, some even containing gold thread.



Unfortunately, the Scot who sold my friend these pieces was not forthcoming to the origin of these pipe drones, so the history is a wee bit vague.



I believe the fittings are made from brass and contain hand engravings on each coupling of the drone.

[shawhighlander]

THE HORSEHAIR SPORRAN: (c. early 1800's)


If you look in the inside, it appears as if the sporran is missing three of its tassels. Also, a name written in pencil is barely legible.



The back of the sporran was very well constructed, but the body was made mostly of a solid piece of thick leather and no real room to carry anything inside.



Here, the cantle is made from brass and contains hand-engraving for the design...beautiful workmanship.



This concludes my presentation. Hope you enjoyed it!
Slainte, Aye. ith:

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

THE BAGPIPE DRONES: (c. early 1800's)
The banners are all made of satin hand stitched, some even containing gold thread. Unfortunately, the Scot who sold my friend these pieces was not forthcoming to the origin of these pipe drones, so the history is a wee bit vague.



I believe the fittings are made from brass and contain hand engravings on each coupling of the drone.

This particular pipe banner is that of His Grace, the Duke of Leinster and probably dates from WWI or there abouts.