The hand-painted creamy white dots against the black of these old handmade dominoes is pure beauty to me, made all the better by the red center stripes that have endured here and there. And the fact that this is a complete double nines set means all the more little paintings to enjoy. Yum.
I'm not sure the age on these but they're definitely pretty old. I'm not sure about the wood; it doesn't seem heavy enough to be ebony, and I think it was stained. The faces are a bit darker black than the backs, and the dots, and the center lines, were carved then painted. There are some light color flecks on some of them in the photos; I have since learned this will mostly wipe/rub off. Other than the loss of a lot of the red paint, they are in great shape. I have stashed them, and will send them, in an old wooden box they pack into quite nicely.
Dominoes measure 1 3/4" x 7/8". Box measures 6 1/2" long and wide x 2 3/4" t.
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