Putting my re-enactor hat on, I'm required to say that both sporrans are anachronisms.
Sporran hardware in the 19th century was normally crafted out of sheet metal and either left plain or engraved.
Ornate heavy cast silver hardware on sporrans, buckles, etc was quite rare and extremely expensive, the domain of Kings, Dukes, and the like.
It wasn't until around 1900 that ornate heavy cast hardware in German Silver became popular and replaced the earlier flat hardware.
Chrome plating obviously was many years in the future.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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