Original 19th Century U.S. “Ships in a Bottle” Maritime Folk Art made with Bristol’s Sarsaparilla Bottle German Ordnance cloth BEVO HJ cap insignia

cloth BEVO HJ cap insignia to the front and the stitches to a now removed oilcloth RZM label inside

there is a lovely inscription going all the way around the bottom of the shell:

a new aircraft

This is a very nice example of a WWII Luftwaffe Short Dress 98k Bayonet

Original 19th Century U.S. “Ships in a Bottle” Maritime Folk Art made with Bristol’s Sarsaparilla Bottle German Ordnance cloth BEVO HJ cap insigniaOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Here we have a classic example of maritime folk art: Ships in a bottle! These are always very interesting, as the ships themselves must be designed to fit into the small opening of the bottle, and then are unfolded INSIDE the bottle. All of the positioning and such must be done through the bottle opening, and is a long tedious process, so even simple scenes such as this are a significant time commitment. The two vessels