Boer War campaign cutlery set
c. 1890Compact travel campaign cutlery set (knife and fork) as taken off to battle by officers in the Boer War and other Victorian era wars.
The handles are made from a hardwood, likely to be rosewood or ebony, with three pewter bands holding the two sides of each handle together. The handle of one implement forms the sheath of the other.
The two parts slide together to make a compact bar that is easily packed, with the steel blade of the knife and the tines of the fork protected.
The maker's details are stamped onto the knife blade. The number '5' is stamped into the timber on opposing handles.
Corresponding numbers are stamped to the wood to identify pairs where more than one set is owned.
Details
Details
On timber handles:
"5"
On knife blade:
"W.H.WRAGG
PATENTEE"
United Kingdom
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