AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER FLATWARE SERVICE, SET OF 18, comprising six 8 1/2" place knives having porcelain handles with enamel-painted floral decoration, six 8" place forks having porcelain handles with enamel-painted floral decoration, and six 6 3/4" solid silver table spoons, each with Austro-Hungarian silver marks for 13 loth, or .812 fineness, with date 1798, duty-free mark, and unidentified maker's marks including "CA" or crescent moon and "A" in lobed rectangle. In custom-fitted leather-bound travel case with cloth interior, and brass hardware. Total silver weight, not including porcelain-handled examples: 9.525 ozt. Late 18th/early 19th century. Case 4" HOA, 10" x 7" OA.
Very good condition overall, expected usage wear, five knives and two forks with cracks to handles, otherwise undamaged, case with moderate wear, some stains, and some losses to leather.

Very good condition overall, expected usage wear, five knives and two forks with cracks to handles, otherwise undamaged, case with moderate wear, some stains, and some losses to leather.