A Fine Pair of Silver Mounted Wild Boar Tusks, Ceylon, Sri Lanka c.1886 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles [8] It may also be

[8] It may also be used in an oral form to treat chronic forms of metabolic acidosis such as chronic renal failure and renal tubular acidosis

this is one of those mirrors you find lurking in a creaky country house that has a thousand stories of wet Labradors and strong cigars

Condition varies somewhat piece to piece

Height: 35 inches

two others are 3" in length

A Fine Pair of Silver Mounted Wild Boar Tusks, Ceylon, Sri Lanka c.1886 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles [8] It may also beOrigin: Sri Lankan Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1886 Width: 5 inches Depth: 4 inches The late nineteenth century wild boar (Sus scrofa cristatus) tusks hunted in Ceylon in 1886 and later mounted in the Edwardian period in silver and hallmarked for Horton & Allday, Birmingham in the year 1910. The inscription to the mount reads BOAR TUSHES CEYLON 1886 H. D. D. TO E. J. XMAS 1910. Clearly presented as a Christmas gift