Vtg. Boar tusks cutlery set withbox and painted tile
The set features maybe boar tusk handles, a two pronged fork and a knife. The knife has a mark of Hasselbring est. This mark is on the knife itself. The fork just says stainless. The caps over the handles are stamped Sterling. The set appears to be old. The items were inside box. The box inside is felt lined with slits in which to lay pieces safely and for protection.
The box is a brown color with a texture. The center has a square tile that's hand painted of a boar in tall grass. Good condition with age related issues. The set is old; so the stainless on knife will have scratches and dirt in crevices.
The two pronged knife has scratches as well. The sterling silver will have scratches. The fork has dents on the cap close to horn area.
The cap is a bit loose on the fork; not on knife. The horns appear age colored. The knife at mid point may have a horizontal fracture in the handle.Is this damage or how it should be? It does not wrap around the handle, no jiggling or re glue. Theres a brown clumpy substance in part of the fracture; not sure of what it is. The box has two front latches that if you pull to the right, it lifts up. It has outside many scuffs in the brown texture, worn all over.
A patch at top part. The tile, no damage, just some dirt and scuffs.
The underside has some white paint stuck on box. The inside; the felt is dirty and faded and spotty faded areas and blackened areas. Imprints where the cutlery lays on. Box is 11.5" X 2" X 7 1/8. Knife; 10 X 3.25. Fork; 8 1/8" X 3.75". This item is in the category "Collectibles\Kitchen & Home\Flatware, Knives & Cutlery\Flatware Sets". The seller is "zapp_je" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Wallis and Futuna, Gambia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Poland, Oman, Suriname, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Argentina, Guinea-Bissau, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Bhutan, Senegal, Togo, Ireland, Qatar, Burundi, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Equatorial Guinea, Thailand, Aruba, Sweden, Iceland, Macedonia, Belgium, Israel, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Benin, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Italy, Swaziland, Tanzania, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Panama, Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland, Djibouti, Chile, China, Mali, Botswana, Republic of Croatia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Portugal, Malta, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Cayman Islands, Paraguay, Saint Helena, Cyprus, Seychelles, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Australia, Austria, Sri Lanka, Gabon Republic, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Norway, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Kiribati, Turkmenistan, Grenada, Greece, Haiti, Greenland, Yemen, Afghanistan, Montenegro, Mongolia, Nepal, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Angola, Western Samoa, France, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Denmark, Guatemala, Solomon Islands, Vatican City State, Sierra Leone, Nauru, Anguilla, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Cameroon, Guyana, Azerbaijan Republic, Macau, Georgia, Tonga, San Marino, Eritrea, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Morocco, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Mauritania, Belize, Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Spain, Estonia, Bermuda, Montserrat, Zambia, South Korea, Vanuatu, Ecuador, Albania, Ethiopia, Monaco, Niger, Laos, Ghana, Cape Verde Islands, Moldova, Madagascar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Lebanon, Liberia, Bolivia, Maldives, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Central African Republic, Lesotho, Nigeria, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Jordan, Guinea, Canada, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Andorra, Romania, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Lithuania, Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Nicaragua, Finland, Tunisia, Luxembourg, Uganda, Brazil, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Latvia, Jamaica, South Africa, Brunei Darussalam, Honduras.