Shows typical light wear from use and storage, including surface marks and scratches. It has been gently hand polished and ultrasonic cleaned in a mild dish soap, and it has nice shine, is very clean, and is table ready. It is straight, not bent, has no personal monograms or engravings, with no major issues at all.
It is hallmarked on the back STERLING and the pine tree shaped pictomark for Tuttle Silversmiths of Boston, Massachusetts. It is also marked with their unique date code system of FR VI, which stands for the then current US President in office at the time, Franklin Roosevelt, and the 6th year he was in office, meaning this was made in 1938.