Vintage Folk Art Ship in a Haig & Haig Bottle cherry tree with hinges on the backside

with hinges on the backside of each sweetly cutout bird (three facing one direction

and backed with thin muslin

It would originally have had four small wicker sling loops for a narrow cord--one can see on the sides

nice wooden stems--they look positively ready to slice up and put on the cheese board

I recently found another postcard featuring a baby having just spilled a bottle of black ink all over the place

Vintage Folk Art Ship in a Haig & Haig Bottle cherry tree with hinges on the backsideI think it's the approaching summer (and the accompanying fantasies of going sailing) that is drawing me to ships in a bottle of late; this is the second I've found in just a few weeks. I've learned that Haig & Haig whiskey bottles were the choice of many a ship in a bottle makers, due I believe to the voluminous, dimpled or pinched shape. I believe this one dates to the 1940s or so and features a three mast ship with American flag raised at the