19th Century Homemade Dominoes in Custom Box with Hand-Inked Lettering (27) carved kangaroos named for the stream that

named for the stream that flows through the town and and famous for salmon fishery as well as a long

which I've shot with some magnification to get a better sense of its details

The flannel pages inside are somewhat moth eaten

The embroideries are sewn onto nice weight black fabric with cardboard backings

These are lovely in all regards--and with the cardboard box well mended along the way

19th Century Homemade Dominoes in Custom Box with Hand-Inked Lettering (27) carved kangaroos named for the stream thatI love an antique set of bone dominoes, but I'm even more partial to homemade wooden ones, which (like antique school slates, though harder to find) I think are a great thing to collect, each set very much its own thing. And it looks to me that the box here was custom made to house these, with fancy, carefully hand inked lettering, spelling DOMINOE, on the slide lid. Nice irregularity to the placement on the carved out dots (a few of which have caught