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Mah-Jongg

By affectionate_cactus, 5 March, 2023
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Hi there,

First time poster so I apologize if I'm not doing something right. My grandmother recently passed and as we were cleaning up her house we found this old Mah-jongg set. I did some digging and I think it may be from the 1920s? I'm not sure though.

The backs of the tiles look to be bamboo and the tiles themselves appear to be bone. It has quite a few obvious chips and cracks and is missing the sticks, dice and other additional pieces, but doesn't seem to be missing any tiles I believe. It has 5 drawers with the bottom drawer being a press print load (broken) and the door slides down into the bottom.

If you could help me get an idea of what the value of this might be, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance from the community!

Coral

Category
Antique Toys
Medium
Wood, bone, bamboo
Distinguishing marks
Patent Mah-jongg
Condition
Good
Date Period
1920s
For Sale?
No
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affectionate_cactus

2 years 2 months ago

Oops, I'm sorry. Just…

Oops, I'm sorry. Just noticed a typo. The bottom drawer is spring loaded. You just press it and it pops out.

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