1920s Folk Art Ship in a Bottle Whimsy with Village, Signed B. Nielson marquetry box and I find this carving

and I find this carving beautifully tender and nuanced and honest-- of the sort that might offer a feeling of kinship when things feel pretty tough

short whimsy chain

) The striped piece sticking straight up like a feather is a huge seed pod of some sort I believe

but also precursing everything from SNL to Ali G and so much more

I never pass by these old bevelled glass hand mirrors when I find them--they're great hung on all the wall

1920s Folk Art Ship in a Bottle Whimsy with Village, Signed B. Nielson marquetry box and I find this carvingI'll never wrap my head around how one could possibly make a ship in a bottle like this they always seem like miracles to me! This perfectly preserved, beautifully executed large one features a four mast ship with tiny American flag flying at the stern end, and a village of tiny carved and painted wooden houses, church, and lighthouse in the background. The Illinois Glass Company bottle dates I believe specifically to 1924, with the use of the "I"