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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Dominoes
Object Number
1973-02-10
Description
Rectangular wooden box with slide lid, 28 black and white whalebone dominoes, constructed of a sandwich of two halves of bone, back of black whalebone, the number side or front of white, held together by brass pins, one at each end, front with receased circles or holes, the inside pianted black to indicate number. Belonged in the Bissell family of Litchfield, CT.
Category
Date Made
ca. 1820
Dimensions
Each piece: 1 1/4" L x 5/8" W
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