International Tobacco Co. Virginia "Summit" Domino Cards Japanese lacquer box with figures Framed: 15 1/2" x 12

Framed: 15 1/2" x 12 1/2"

made to be beautiful

and closes tight and flush

with lush cobalt blue hand-painted ginkgo leaf design over white glaze

The necklace measures 20" long

International Tobacco Co. Virginia "Summit" Domino Cards Japanese lacquer box with figures Framed: 15 1/2" x 12Someone long ago, a very dedicated Virginia "Summit" cigarette smoker I'd guess!, must have collected hundreds of these free giveaway domino cards (one per each tin of Summits) in order to form this complete double six deck. Not too surprising then that I have not found another set of these, which I'd guess date to the 1920s or 30s, anywhere! The graphics of the faces I think are just terrific, with red borders, tiny images of the cards repeated in