1920s Folk Art Ship in a Bottle Whimsy with Village, Signed B. Nielson scaffolding with its perfect pink bow

with its perfect pink bow

and is perhaps is the "after" version of the woman at upper left who has not yet glimpsed the robber

When I saw this beautiful paperweight

making for a nice combination of soft silvery surface and spiky form

Really a special doll if I ever I saw one

1920s Folk Art Ship in a Bottle Whimsy with Village, Signed B. Nielson scaffolding with its perfect pink bowI'll never wrap my head around how one could possibly make a ship in a bottle like this they always seem like miracles to me! This perfectly preserved, beautifully executed large one features a four mast ship with tiny American flag flying at the stern end, and a village of tiny carved and painted wooden houses, church, and lighthouse in the background. The Illinois Glass Company bottle dates I believe specifically to 1924, with the use of the "I"