Unusual Antique Bottle Whimsy (What is It?!) sequential narrative drawings commissioned and built in the

commissioned and built in the United States during World War I

such that they just sort of float in space

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But what a striking--and rather haunting I think--object in its pared down state

though they seem partial

Unusual Antique Bottle Whimsy (What is It?!) sequential narrative drawings commissioned and built in theI hope someone will know and tell me what it is that is inside this bottle! Often one sees these bottle whimsies with various tools inside, or a winder, or a cross, but I for the life of me can't figure out quite what this one is. A sled? Part of a plough or harness or some sort? ??? Whatever it is, it is as it was made, as the carved stopper is locked forever in place by a cross bar, and there are no parts that have fallen off inside. The bottle a