Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside small dominoes that were altered by someone

that were altered by someone along the way for a specific purpose

and attach a new one

(Oz was published in 1900

and with irregular edges and stains here and there visible on the backs

which sometimes bear the names of varieties with which I am unfamiliar--but what a much more comprehensive and unfamiliar list this is

Curious 19th Century Papered Box with Interior Lion Engraving and Signed Japanese Paper Underside small dominoes that were altered by someoneYou are surely smarter than I am and can identify the building at the center of the lid on this antique papered box; looks a bit like the U. S. Capital building, but not quite. I find it a lovely thing whatever the case, made all the better for the blue ink lion engraving adhered to the underside of the lid, and what I believe is Japanese woodblock printed paper on the bottom, signed in red ink characters. And then just a fragment of text along one