Early Double Nine Embossing Company Dominoes in Original Wooden Box vintage buttons This little boy with stick

This little boy with stick in hand makes me think of a young Napolean every time I look at him

their dog and their parents

4" long x 2 3/8" tall x 1" wide and in great vintage condition

I've found a few other boxes designed in a similar manner

Early Double Nine Embossing Company Dominoes in Original Wooden Box vintage buttons This little boy with stickI've looked a bunch but not found another set of these, which were clearly one of the very first sets produced by The Embossing Company of Albany, NY, established in 1870; I believe these date between 1870 1890. I really love the pitch printed on the front of the instructions: "These dominoes are the best and cheapest in the world. They are made by machine and thus exact. The bone faced German and French dominoes are always defective as well as