AMERICAN PATRIOTIC FOLK ART BOTTLE WHIMSEY 1882 Height
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AMERICAN PATRIOTIC FOLK ART BOTTLE WHIMSEY
1882
Carved spire-form stopper terminating in a clenched fist inside the bottle. Bottle contains a red, white and blue thread-winder whimsey. Handwritten label "Reel made by Caleb Leavitt March 1882. The white wood is holly. The buff colored is made from a piece of Charter Oak of Hartford Conn. The black is a piece of Perry's frigate Lawrence, sunk in Lake Erie 60 years. It was obtained at the Centennial in Philadelphia 1876".
Height 11".
1882
Carved spire-form stopper terminating in a clenched fist inside the bottle. Bottle contains a red, white and blue thread-winder whimsey. Handwritten label "Reel made by Caleb Leavitt March 1882. The white wood is holly. The buff colored is made from a piece of Charter Oak of Hartford Conn. The black is a piece of Perry's frigate Lawrence, sunk in Lake Erie 60 years. It was obtained at the Centennial in Philadelphia 1876".
Height 11".
Condition
Age-typical wear. Tip of spire worn and with loss to ebonized finish. Wear to top of stopper. No other visible damages. There is a hole in the hand that may accommodate one of the loose pieces at the bottom of the bottle.
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AMERICAN PATRIOTIC FOLK ART BOTTLE WHIMSEY 1882 Height
Estimate $300 - $400
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