A.C. Kellom's 1880 Handmade Dominoes in Original Box unusual ashtray 5" tall x 5" wide

5" tall x  5" wide x 4" deep

I just think it's a terrific object

There is a fair amount of wear/loss to the paper

with silver painted hand-carved stopper with cross-bar inside

though as I look at them now the bodies of flies as so similar

A.C. Kellom's 1880 Handmade Dominoes in Original Box unusual ashtray 5" tall x 5" wideI 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