Pewter Towle Shell Game in Original Box fabric-lined and date from the 1960s-80s

and date from the 1960s-80s

finely hand-embroidered pouch

with three dancing clowns in ballooning pants on one side

and it's pretty beautiful

and contains two interior trays with incised banded designs on sides and bottoms

Pewter Towle Shell Game in Original Box fabric-lined and date from the 1960s-80sThis is the second of these c. 1970s Towle Walnut Shell Games I've had in the shop, which I think are great for all sorts of situations, from cocktail parties to serving as a fun alternative to coin tosses or Rock Paper Scissors for settling all sorts of matters. The pewter walnuts themselves are terrific objects, useful as paper weights or just sitting around. The set of three fit in neat little cutouts in the cardboard base of the original blue box,