Originally Posted by
Father Bill
The red really is striking, Richard. How 'usual' or 'frequent' is that, or has it been through the years? (Notice how I'm skirting the word 'traditional'.)
Father Bill I thought of this question last week when I was at the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh examining the 1700 full-length oil portrait Lord Duffus.
His sporran seems to be natural deerskin but with red flap trim, cords, and tassels.
The red cords & tassels with metal balls is very similar to what I did on my sporran, though I don't think before last week I realised that this sporran from 1700 was like that.
Last edited by OC Richard; 24th August 24 at 03:00 AM.
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