Pewter Towle Shell Game in Original Box fabric-lined This little cast-iron snail sculpture

This little cast-iron snail sculpture is a wonderful thing to hold in your hand: weighty and substantial

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

which from what I understand was the generic sticker for glass made in Czechoslovakia

or for anyone wishing to master the art of persuasion

Pewter Towle Shell Game in Original Box fabric-lined This little cast-iron snail sculptureThis 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,