Old Wooden Dominoes Set in Very Tender Hand-Carved Falling Apart Box lead folk art house and even better on rustic

and even better on rustic sorts of hand-thrown pieces like this (as opposed to fine Chinese export platters and such

13 1/4" t x 2 1/4" w x 7/8" deep

but the "REMOVED" on the reverse side suggests it could have be the sign if a car repair shop

handles are 6 1/2" tall

Old Wooden Dominoes Set in Very Tender Hand-Carved Falling Apart Box lead folk art house and even better on rusticThings like this really move me, and I feel immediate responsibility toward them. And in this case, as it happens, the antiques shop where I purchased these tragically went up in flames a few weeks later. It's the box here that does it for me, constructed of old cigar box wood scraps, and especially the lid, with DOMINOES carved into it, and the outline of a domino at either end. And of course the fact that it barely holding together at this point