Domino EOA:2022.195.1

3D Model

Domino piece from the wreck of the Earl Of Abergavenny.

ID: EOA:2022.195.1 OE455

Collection: Earl of Abergavenny

Classification: Crew/Passengers

Measurements: Length 30mm Width 15mm Depth 3mm

Date made: as yet unknown

Display: not on display

Manufacturer/Creator: as yet unknown

Credit: Portland Museum Trust

This beautiful domino is unusual in that it is from either a double nine or double twelve set, instead of the more usual double six. Dominoes would have been a popular game, particularly amongst the soldiers and sailors on board the Abergavenny. Invented in China in the eleventh or twelfth century, the game was introduced to Britain in the 18th century, probably by French prisoners of war. It quickly became popular in taverns where larger sets, double nines or twelves, would have allowed more people to play.

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