R W Forsyth Highland Wear

RW Forsyth - Born in the Lothians, Forsyth came to Glasgow as a nineteen-year old and gained his experience of clothing retailing with several city firms.

In 1872 Forsyth set up in business as ladies and gentleman’s hosier, shirtmaker and highland wear retailer in Renfield Street. His success led to an expansion, and he gradually acquired all the properties around the corner of Renfield Street and Gordon Street. The old buildings were demolished and a new department store was built on the site in 1897.

Vintage 1940's R W Forsyth Fur dress sporran with celtic knot work engraved cantle with red pinked an pierced under slip. Two cone top celtic engraved tassels on chains.

The back has a classic back purse and both the sporran pouch and cantle are stamped R W Forsyth Ltd Glasgow & Edinburgh.

By todays sizes this dress sporran is smaller than some modern sporrans. However, smaller style dress sporrans were commonly worn at that time and still worn by members of the Royal family today for black tie functions.

Size - Approx. 6 1/4” x 8 3/4”

For more details please visit the shop sporran page - Due to restrictions on vintage fur sales the sporran can only be sold to a client in the UK.