Wonderful Old Folk Art Ship in a Bottle with Little Houses, Flags, and Tower Perched on Push Up Bottom antique first edition and then exposing the plate

and then exposing the plate to light

stands up straight on its own

I thought this lovely old darning ball needed a spot to sit

all as evident

Wonderful Old Folk Art Ship in a Bottle with Little Houses, Flags, and Tower Perched on Push Up Bottom antique first edition and then exposing the plateI look at a good number of ships in bottles, but am not sure I've ever seen one done in such deeply recessed (push up) bottom let alone incorporating that indented glass bottom so dramatically into the scene! The bottle is thick pale green blown glass, with some nice big air bubbles in it, and that deep concave bottom serves as a high perch for what looks to me like a tower and a fortess though it also looks a rather like a lighthouse! Several small