a 19th century ship in a bottle. and even marriage proposals were

and even marriage proposals were delivered to her

the pottery continued production at crieff until 2000

the landscape of cornwall being a key element in his work

in the middle of the 18th century to meet increasing demand

" "my love "or "be mine

a 19th century ship in a bottle. and even marriage proposals werea 19th century ship in a bottle depicting a hybrid steam sail ship of the 1860's 70's. with a black painted carved wooden hull, carved masts and spars, cotton thread rigging and a centrally located painted wood red funnel with a black top, modelled sailing on a painted putty sea. the ship is housed in an oval bottle, the piece dating from the 1880's or earlier. the colour scheme of the funnel suggests that the ship has been modelled on a cunard