Folk Art Whimsy Crucifix with Carpenter Tools with Oars and Wooden Fish in Glass Bottle Circa 1930s

**Same Collection of Folk Art Whimsy from the Estate**

"Folk Art Whimsy Crucifix with Carpenter Tools and Bird in Glass Bottle.
The art of the whimsy.."In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as bottles became an abundant and disposable resource used to package liquor, medicine, food, cleaning products, and more, a subset of folk artists began using these discarded glass containers as stages for their miniature sculptures." Many of these whimsy used the religious subject as the theme and this practice continued well into the 20th century.
The Irony that I find and most likely had a hand in the religious subject matter in whisky bottles is the Temperance movement. This movement would draw the US into a more "moral" high ground which resulted in the US having prohibition, so the religious subject in a whiskey jar was more of in your response to alcohol use and the way to "cure" was through religion."

This Whimsy has the same religious theme as the previous one but has the added symbolism of the oars and the fish. The fish is symbol of christianity and your affiliation. The oars represented the symbol of the strength of the mariner and of life at sea.

This is well executed whimsy and has age to the wood inside, the wood is rare and unfinished. The bottle is again circa 1930s whiskey bottle with the plastic screw lid. 

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