Especially Lovely Old Folk Art/Sailor Made Knotwork Covered Molded Blown Glass Bottle detroit and pure white inside

and pure white inside

with the paint cakes retaining their embossed images--a variety of seashells on their faces

with a small ink smear below the pipe

modular perfection with excellent paint and wear

Paper 8 7/8" x 5 11/16"

Especially Lovely Old Folk Art/Sailor Made Knotwork Covered Molded Blown Glass Bottle detroit and pure white insideWhat I find tends to tell the story of where I've been last weekend I was up in Maine, with a handful of nautically related things today, though I wasn't considering that at the time. At least I presume the knot work encasing this old bottle was done by a sailor it feels that way to me, skillfully done and very tight on the bottle, and seeming more akin to an old bottle whimsy or sailor made basket than a wicker covered wine bottle, say. And with the