hist-games: FW: Old dominoes

[Adrian Seville]

These could be of almost any age.  I bought my much-loved ebony and bone 
set new in Edinburgh in 1962.  Mine is a standard double six set.  I believe 
similiar sets are still on sale. Double nine sets are harder to come by.
Rounded corners are a feature of better-quality sets.  Square corners mean 
a cheaper set, probably not modern.

The brass pins are essential for easy and effective shuffling.  

Adrian Seville

Date sent:      	Tue, 13 Feb 2001 08:03:40 -0600
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> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Subject: Old dominoes
> > 
> > Hello,
> > I have just looked at you web page.  I found 19 old dominoes, ebony and
> > bone? with a brass pin in the middle of the piece.  How old would these
> > be and what was the function of the brass pin?  I know that it enables
> > the domino to spin if put face down on the table.  Was this another game
> > or a permutation of the standard game?  Appreciate any information you
> > can supply. Cordially, Diane D'Arcy
> > 
> 
> I would assume it was just to help hold the wood and bone together. My
> understanding is that many early dominos were made of thin slabs of dark
> wood and bone attached to each other, with the pips drilled through the
> wood to expose the white of the bone rather than painting the pips.
> 
> Chas
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