Rare Danish Folk Art Whimsey Bottle with Miniature Loom and Dolls coffee table 5 Depth 2 Height 83

5 Depth 2 Height 83 inches

This statue is a great piece of folk art and will make a wonderful accessory in the garden

Width 79 Depth 23 Height 41

Georgian period satirical

foliate style cascade down the sides of the frame and across the bottom

Rare Danish Folk Art Whimsey Bottle with Miniature Loom and Dolls coffee table 5 Depth 2 Height 83DETAILS This antique, Scandinavian, hand blown glass flask bottle features a complex scene with two porcelain doll weavers working on a two tier wooden loom scaffolding. This is a charming interpretation of the ship in a bottle tradition and is often called a whimsey or whimsy bottle because it has no real purpose, other than to pass the time. This folk art tradition originated in Germany and Slavic countries in the 18th century and incorporated a