Early 20th Century Folk Art Ship in Mohan Meakin Bottle with Bridge, Houses and (Real) Rocky Shore transfer printed with brass handle

with brass handle

which almost makes me think she was made as a mannequin for a ballet instructor

Little but large

with what appears to be “MM”  “’78” and VT

but would guess he is a fragment of what was once a larger piece

Early 20th Century Folk Art Ship in Mohan Meakin Bottle with Bridge, Houses and (Real) Rocky Shore transfer printed with brass handleI love an old ship in the bottle, and will always marvel at them, but am fussy about the ones I like, preferring very folky ones, with lots of color and lots packed in, as is the case with this one. Fabulous play of strings on the masts, colorful paint on the hull and houses on the shore behind, plus gray painted mountains, with what I believe are actual stones along the shoreline, and an arching bridge at far right too. With canvas burlap rolled up