Most likely Spanish damascene then,definitely not niello.
It pushed the meat off the tines and didn't go past the end of the tines.
The top 3 appear to be Spanish damascene,are the panels magnetic.
Check the panels in the first 3 photos with a magnet to see if they are magnetic.
Looks like the theme has been around for over 100 years.......
#1 looks like some type of bovine horn.
Her "S" is different.
But did any of them know how to read old Turkish/Ottoman script?
The info is on his website...http://www.moonmetalsmithing.com/about.html Events link he has been teaching Turkish metal work,etc. based in...
And then there is the modern American made middle east style pieces being made today............... http://www.moonmetalsmithing.com/
They might be worth something if they were actually brass with repousse,but they appear to be cast base metal and probably not 19th century.
The inside was soldered to the top part,but can't tell how the top part was made from the photos.
The holes are there to keep the piece from exploding when it was soldered together.
The OP's photos do enlarge quite a bit if you are on a computer,click on photo,click on the "+" to enlarge,click on your cursor inside the photo...
I guess some people would call his knives fantasy items,but they are very expensive collectors items.......
Like this one? [ATTACH]
@Jerry Elbert Can you go to edit and choose full size for the photos......
Not exactly true,depending on the orientation of how the tusk is cut there may not be anything specific.The outside layer of dentin can be 10 mm...
What does 10,000 year old mammoth ivory taste like?
Depends on the state and other conditions.......
Separate names with a comma.
