Pewter Towle Shell Game in Original Box tea bowls this antique oak wood box

this antique oak wood box is constructed of four hinged parts with triangular shaped ends

The dog is painted on both sides

It is the perfect shade of green--somewhere between olive and kelly--with a fabulous pop of orange around the lid

but it is unsigned

with fabulous inset portrait of what appears to be an Egyptian woman set against a landscape complete with camel

Pewter Towle Shell Game in Original Box tea bowls this antique oak wood boxThis 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,