Vintage Folk Art Ship in a Haig & Haig Bottle cherry tree made of three carved layers

made of three carved layers of wood

who I am confident is him

with hinges on the backside of each sweetly cutout bird (three facing one direction

Known affectionately as the "happy wood carver" Copeland was renowned especially for his exceptional use of the grain of southern wood in his carving

and backed with thin muslin

Vintage Folk Art Ship in a Haig & Haig Bottle cherry tree made of three carved layersI 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