Tiny Ship in a Bottle Qajar tile and I've especially come to

and I've especially come to love little tabletop chests like this one

but otherwise it is in really great shape

I believe the name of its former owner is carved into the end of the handle

others painted and/or carved

with wear to the wood and small dings here and there

Tiny Ship in a Bottle Qajar tile and I've especially come toSince finding a winder in a bottle whimsy this past summer, I've started paying some attention to ships in bottles, too, though I don't really know enough to distinguish fine ones from cheap tourist souvenirs. This is the first one I've really fallen in love with tiny (which I always prefer), upright, and super sweet, with two masts and three little paper sails on a blue boat amid a green sea. I really love love this, and have a sense that the bottle