A.C. Kellom's 1880 Handmade Dominoes in Original Box unusual ashtray Some aging to the celluloid

Some aging to the celluloid

and I'd guess he once had arms

this one features a lovely little woven raffia detail at the very center of the base surrounded by a coiled ring

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 Some aging to the celluloidI 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