Lot 334

A FINE SPORRAN
EARLY TO MID-19TH CENTURY

Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: 18 August 2021 at 11:00 BST
£813
Description
unmarked, the large arched cantle with engraved panels of foliate scrolls and intertwined decoration, maroon leather fillet and triple ball finials, hinged opening, with white goat hair body and three black goat hair tassels, the balls suspended from belcher link chain and engraved en-suite with cantle, with maroon leather backing
Dimensions
Cantle 20cm wide, overall length 42cm
Footnote
Note: Family provenance and a mid-19th century handwritten note suggest this was the gift of the Marquis of Lorn to Colonel F MacKenzie Fraser
