Lot 132
A 17th/18th century brass mounted leather sporran,
The Drambuie Collection Part II
Auction: 27 January 2006 at 10:00 GMT
£3,107
Description
the plain worn leather purse surmounted by a brass cantle, crudely engraved with stylised thistles, St Andrew's cross, and monogrammed, with push-button opening mechanism
Dimensions
Length 21cm
Footnote
Note:
With accompanying note stating this: Sporran [was] left behind at Barcaldine by Macdonald of Glencoe where he had been storm-stayed by snow in December 1691 consequently he was two days late in reaching Inveraray to sign the Oath of Allegiance by 1st January 1692, which gave Campbell of Glenlyon the excuse for the Massacre of Glencoe.
Provenance: The Campbell Collection.