5 Drawer model. Ordered in China by
The Mah Jongg Sales co. of America.
This set has been sold for € 600,-
Box (198x175x220mm has a button that operates the click&shut mechanism. The front is carved with a golden Babcock-logo. There are no corner ornaments. The rear is fastened with screws.
Tiles (21x30x14mm) are made of thick, well engraved bone and thinner bamboo. There are
four spare tiles.
Counters are made of bone with Western denomination. The 2p counters have their points
next to each other instead of on top of. The 10p counters are red instead of black.
Dice (4x) are made of bone with Chinese points. Their holder is a cricket box.
Wind discs are made of black horn with white characters. Their Ming cylinder is also black horn.
Instruction manual is a English version of the ‘Lung Chan’ booklet dated 1924.