Whenever I pull out one of my Mah Jongg sets, I always ooh and aah and declare that particular set to be my favorite. I feel fortunate that I love all of my sets so much. But, i do think this pyralin Pung Chow set is really and truly my favorite. I love everything about it. Those silver Dragons! Those 1-Bams! The beautiful black backs! Those amazing Dots! The bold Craks! Are you getting the feeling that I am over the moon about this set?
Mah Jongg and Me 
How old is the set?
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The set was manufactured by the Pung Chow Company sometime between 1922 when the company opened its doors and 1925 when the company went bankrupt.
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is it ivory? Incredible art work
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No, the set is made of Pyralin, a celluloid product, probably originally developed in the 1870s. It was developed as a stand-in for ivory and used to make billiard balls and faux-ivory products such as hairbrushes, hand mirrors, etc. True ivory – extremely rare today in Mah Jongg sets – would have faint cross-hatching lines throughout known as Streger lines; these lines are the definitive identifier of true ivory products.
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