Domino

Domino

Object name: Domino
Date: 1800
Dimensions:
28 x 14 mm
Medium: Bone
Where depicted:Europe, Germany, Sonnerburg
Object number: C04546
Description23 carved bone dominoes from Saxony in Germany. Dominoes is a game originating in China. It made its way to Europe in the 18th century in a form more suited to the European market, and into Britain at the end of the 18th century when it was introduced by French prisoners of war.
Culture: London