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Glowing Vintage 1950s Glass 1cm Dice

Glowing Vintage 1950s Glass 1cm Dice

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Rather compelling vintage dice - they are, mostly, made of opaque glass, which glows delightfully when you put a whole stack of them in a sunny window. They have rounded corners and charmingly wonky edges and are about 1cm wide.
In each bag there are also some slightly smaller solid glass ones - like the blue one on the right in the 2nd and 3rd pictures, and the black and white ones in the first photo.
The bags they come in have labels saying Made in West Germany - which dates them as post 1949, I found them in an old warehouse where everything else was from the 1950s.
I'm selling them in lots of 6 - each lot to include as many different colours as I can find.
If you just want the opaque ones let me know, otherwise I'll send a mixture including a solid one.
I also have a few whole unopened bags. Each bag contains 144 dice - some of which will have the odd chip and some will have the paint worn off the numbers (easily repainted) As the bags are unopened I don't know how many of these they will be - so the price reflects this. Don't wash them in a bowl - often the paint just floats away !  But a microfibre cloth, a little damp if necessary, works just fine to clean them up - the ones in the bag often have powder on the surface - must have been put there to stop them getting scratched in transit.
I'm also selling (cheaper) lots of 6 whose numbers need repainting on - should be not too tricky with a tiny brush, acrylic paint and a steady hand as the indentations in the glass are already there - you can see an example of them in the last photo.

 

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