A Chinese ‘trousse’ (eating set), comprising a knife and chopsticks. This type of sets was very common in china and in all the countries under the Chinese influence from Tibet to Mongolia. It was part of a man formal dress up to the turn of the 20th century and usually accompanied with a variety of accessories like pickle spear, toothpicks, tweezers and the like. Similar sets are found in various sizes and quality. This one is a fine one. The blade is slender, 4 ½ inches long well forged, fullered and marked with a deep maker mark. Fine grained wood grip with ivory pommel sectors. Cloisonné metal scabbard beautifully colored with black blue red and yellow enamel. Total length 9 inches. Very good condition. One of the pommel ivory sectors is damaged. Minor losses to the cloisonné work