Tiny Ship in a Bottle vintage finger puppets There are two holes burned

There are two holes burned through near the top of the sign for hanging it on the wall

Earthy and elegant at once

with a tubular glass insert for holding a flower or two

which I'd guess dates to the 1930s or so based on others I've seen

but there is a compound effect to having the four together

Tiny Ship in a Bottle vintage finger puppets There are two holes burnedSince finding a winder in a bottle whimsy this past summer, I've started paying some attention to ships in bottles, too, though I don't really know enough to distinguish fine ones from cheap tourist souvenirs. This is the first one I've really fallen in love with tiny (which I always prefer), upright, and super sweet, with two masts and three little paper sails on a blue boat amid a green sea. I really love love this, and have a sense that the bottle