A.C. Kellom's 1880 Handmade Dominoes in Original Box text sign and show a little bit

and show a little bit of curling so I'm pricing them lower than the first deck

with some aging/cracking (but no chipping) to the black paint only

and a banner announcing  the name of its maker and date of its making--what more could one want

with great details like a canon that lifts and lowers and a pump that (sort of) moves up and down as the wheels underneath it turn

and a few small tears along the top edge

A.C. Kellom's 1880 Handmade Dominoes in Original Box text sign and show a little bitI fell in love this this box before even seeing the homemade dominoes inside both a bit imperfect, but super sweet. Carved into the side of the handmade slide top box is the maker's name A. C. Kellom and the year 1880. I believe it might be chalk, or some other sort of powdery white pigment, that was used to color both the carving on the exterior and the (charmingly irregular) carved dots and center lines on the dominoes, as the white on the dominoes