Marvelous Complete Antique Set of Handmade Bone Dominoes, Likely Sailor Made saltillo appears to have been Owen

appears to have been Owen Cranly

4 1/8" x 3 3/8" x 1 5/8" t and in very good vintage condition

pencil on cream paper

I weeded out a couple of broken ones—all of these are in terrific condition

A little wear around the edges and to the corners

Marvelous Complete Antique Set of Handmade Bone Dominoes, Likely Sailor Made saltillo appears to have been OwenThese are my favorite set of dominoes I've ever found, and I've found a bunch! My guess is these with no wooden backs, just bone were sailor made, 19th century for sure, and one can just feel whoever that maker was carving out each piece and then every single dot. Both the shapes and the placement of those dots is wonderfully irregular, as is the bone itself, adding up to just about the most purely beautiful set of dominoes as I can imagine. And on a