Original 19th Century U.S. “Ships in a Bottle” Maritime Folk Art made with Bristol’s Sarsaparilla Bottle No Return The blade is machine made

The blade is machine made

This is an incredible WWII era USMC Mameluke Officer Sword Named to U

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The left side of the magazine casing has been milled out to show the inner workings

Original 19th Century U.S. “Ships in a Bottle” Maritime Folk Art made with Bristol’s Sarsaparilla Bottle No Return The blade is machine madeOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Here we have a classic example of maritime folk art: Ships in a bottle! These are always very interesting, as the ships themselves must be designed to fit into the small opening of the bottle, and then are unfolded INSIDE the bottle. All of the positioning and such must be done through the bottle opening, and is a long tedious process, so even simple scenes such as this are a significant time commitment. The two vessels