Tile game
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone, ebony and metal.
Measurements
Each domino - 40 mm (length); 20 mm (width), Base of tin - 85 mm (height); 92 mm (diameter), Lid of tin - 94 mm (diameter); 10 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661090
Summary
A collection of 28 ebony and bone dominoes in a Huntley and Palmers biscuit tin. The brown metal tin has a design of three baskets of violets around the outside. The tin has a lining of brown corrugated paper. Total number of items is 30.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Joy Eccles in May 1990.
Marks and inscriptions
Base of the tin: 'HUNTLEY & PALMERS/ BISCUITS/ READING, HUYTON (LIVERPOOL)/ & LONDON, ENGLAND'