They came out of an English cabinetmaker's kit. Everything you need to carve fans and shells on a Queen Anne piece. This is an exception set of chisels. There are 5 swept gouges, and 4 spoon gouges of a type we have never seen before. Much deeper and more exagerated that normal spoon gouges.
Every chisel is bright like the day it was made.
The handles match and appear original, but they are, frankly, ugly. This is the most incredible set of its kind we have seen. All of the chisels are out of the same kit, although there are at least 2 owners marks, so they were likely not all bought together. All are super clean and of the highest quality. Probably date to the turn of the century.