Beautiful Antique Bone and Ebony Dominoes with Brass Pins- Complete Set pair of carved bone boxes with their square corners

with their square corners

with some paint loss as pictured

My guess is that this is a carved whimsy chain abandoned mid-way through

the two met working on a WPA project in Virginia

It needs to handled somewhat gently

Beautiful Antique Bone and Ebony Dominoes with Brass Pins- Complete Set pair of carved bone boxes with their square cornersI've bought and sold a fair number of bone dominoes at this point, and there is a lot of variation in quality; the very best are the very old ones where the bone is nearly as thick as the ebony, as is the case here. Other best attributes (to my sensibility) are lots of variation to the bone, and nice heavy brass pins, the more the better. These are tops in all regards, really heavy and substantial and a total treat to hold and play with. Definitely