17th and 18th Century reproduction sporrans

[figheadair]

I would first ask the question "how much do we know about what 17th century sporrans looked like?"

From the get-go we would have to dismiss sporrans in museums, unless they have a date engraved on them.

The earliest clear detailed colour image of Highland Dress is a full length portrait said to have been painted around 1660. I'm looking at it and I can't make out a sporran. (Sorry this image is so small!)

You're right, there is no sporran shown. It was painted c1680, not 1660.

That's it for the 17th century as far as I know. Which means there can be no such thing as a "reproduction 17th century sporran".

It's a point well made. That said, we can assume that the sporrans in portaits and pictures before c1720 weren't suddenly invented and that they probably represent sytles that were around in the late 17th century.