Wonderful Old Folk Art Ship in a Bottle with Little Houses, Flags, and Tower Perched on Push Up Bottom antique Zuni pottery owl And the back on this

And the back on this I think is just about as beautiful as the front

) is the the largest of them all

What appears to be a scratch over one eyebrow I do not believe is damage but rather just an unglazed area original to the piece

Right: 9 3/4 tall

it feels grand in presence

Wonderful Old Folk Art Ship in a Bottle with Little Houses, Flags, and Tower Perched on Push Up Bottom antique Zuni pottery owl And the back on thisI look at a good number of ships in bottles, but am not sure I've ever seen one done in such deeply recessed (push up) bottom let alone incorporating that indented glass bottom so dramatically into the scene! The bottle is thick pale green blown glass, with some nice big air bubbles in it, and that deep concave bottom serves as a high perch for what looks to me like a tower and a fortess though it also looks a rather like a lighthouse! Several small