Wonderful Complete Set of Thick 19th Century Handmade Bone Dominoes with Red Pips and Brass Spinners homemade tool a perfect case in point

a perfect case in point

For me it is the wear to this old painting—some paint loss and some fading too—that makes it great

and then this very delicate spring of pink blooms

this photo has a great sense of joy and freedom to it

formerly the property of the West Peabody Branch library in MA

Wonderful Complete Set of Thick 19th Century Handmade Bone Dominoes with Red Pips and Brass Spinners homemade tool a perfect case in pointIt's been a while since I found a beautiful antique set of bone dominoes, and what a joy to find these beauties in New Hampshire last week. I'm picky about my dominoes, but these are all the things I love nice and thick and heavy, with real ebony backs, and brass spinners that allow them to really spin. And then these gorgeous red pips, and incised perimeters and center lines. As good as gets in my opinion, and a complete set of 28, ready to play. My