Vintage Folk Art Ship in a Haig & Haig Bottle welcome painting This is the second of

This is the second of these old brass button guards I've had in the shop

but I've been admiring old Buddhist spiritual drawings of late and keeping an eye out for antique hand-drawn and painted examples on paper--so was thrilled to find this beautiful mandala

) Very pretty

then colored with water-based paints made of natural pigments on both sides

I'm honestly not sure if this key was made for a giant lock or as a trade sign of sorts

Vintage Folk Art Ship in a Haig & Haig Bottle welcome painting This is the second ofI 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