Gorgeous Old Poker Dominoes, Partial Set Chinese carved walnut and turkey reds

and turkey reds

which simply suspends the pigment for painting

which operated from 1859 to 1899--so the toy is well over a hundred years old

Other than the loss of a lot of the red paint

it would brighten up a bit

Gorgeous Old Poker Dominoes, Partial Set Chinese carved walnut and turkey redsI've learned that Poker, or Card, dominoes were once a thing (I've seen sets ranging from c. 1860 to the present), with rules out there for many variations easy to find. This is not a complete set, but I think the tiles are really gorgeous, and surely one could come up with creative ways to put them to use (or just throw them in a bowl to admire them!) While most sets I've seen were made of bakelite, these I believe are wood; really, they have the