A collection of twelve vintage 'ships in bottles', each modelled with interior scenes or classic ships made 1950s-1970s
From Canford & Co Frames Ltd
A collection of twelve vintage 'ships in bottles', each modelled with interior scenes or classic ships made 1950s-1970s. Faced with redundancy following the decline of heavy industry in the 1970s, highly skilled scientific glassblowers in the UK combined their experience making laboratory apparatus in an open flame with artistic flair to create and sell glass ships in bottles They are 21 cm diameter unless stated. The price is for the collection but they are available individually for £65 each:
Miniature Haig's Dimple "Ship-in-a-Bottle"
Miniature 'Windmill and Church in a Bottle' inscribed and dated Chester 1977 on the base
Miniature Haig's Dimple 'Soldiers Firing a Canon' signed and dated 'Osborne 1973' on the base
Miniature Haig's Dimple 'Charles Stuart Royal Yacht circa 1674' by BDH Osborne, Chester 1971
Miniature Haig's Dimple 'In the Photographer's Studio
Miniature Seasers 'SS Sirius Ship in a Bottle' made by BDH Osborne, 1952
Miniature Haig's Dimple 'The Experiment in a Bottle'
Miniature Haig's Dimple 'The Gardener in a Bottle' made by BDH Osborne, 1970
Miniature Haig's Dimple 'Penny Farthing in Bottle'
Miniature 'Train in a Bottle' on a wooden stand - 28 cm diameter
Miniature Haig's 'Street Artist in a Bottle' made by BDH Osborne, Chester 1978
Miniature Haig's Dimple 'Cutty Sark in a Bottle'
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