$175
Two Ships in Bottles, America, early 20th century, the first a flattened oval memorial flask with a three-masted rigged vessel with fancifully painted hull, flying an American flag and pennant, the stopper suspending a small boat containing a figure laid out, the boat with a paper labels reading "Puritan" and "National Soldier's Home," the second, a similar shaped flask containing a three-masted rigged vessel with a carved stopper suspending shells and beads, (loose segments on the second), 7 1/4, 6 5/8 in. , respectively. The red hulled vessel in very good condition, The green hulled vessel with center mast broken near the top, breaks in the rigging at front and rear of vessel, two loose segments, one is a figure the other possibly a cannon.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-02-19
