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    Posted 4 years ago

    EWC
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    Hand Made by a Prisoner from the Austrian Hungarian Empire in the late 1800’s. The figurines were tested and were made from bread. I was told that the bottle shows his journey in prison to the day of his execution.
    Stands at approx
    25cm height
    11 x 9 width

    The bottle was sitting on top of a cabinet until Nov 1944 - Budapest was heavily bombed. The bottle tipped to the side. A small stone had moved.
    There it was shipped from a mother to her son in 1981 The man (son) who had kept this bottle was born in 1937, In 2018 it was my 50th birthday. He had signed over the bottle to myself to look after. The bottle is believed to be Italian and the figurines tested which were made out of bread.
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    Thank you Blunderbuss2 for your comment, I didn’t know they were called whimsy bottles. On this link it appears the oldest one the collector dates back to is 1750-60 ( resembles my piece) if any one knows a collector who could confirm the year of my bottle please let me know. Thank you
    See:
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    https://www.marthastewart.com/911189/collectable-whimsy-bottles
    Thank you

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    Comments

    1. vetraio50 vetraio50, 4 years ago
      WOW !!!
    2. Watchsearcher Watchsearcher, 4 years ago
      Tell us more about it such as size. And some closeups would be great.

      Also, if you will edit your pictures in some way (change size, for example) then repost the pictures, they will turn out oriented right-side-up.
    3. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 4 years ago
      What a beauty !
    4. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 4 years ago
      Believe these are called a whimsy bottle.
    5. EWC EWC, 2 years ago
      I had a few antiques valued. An auction dealer gave a valuation for this whimsey bottle $80-$120
      Plus 22% commission on the sale
      Any one have any idea on the value of such an item
      The detailed hand made work
      The 1800’s
      I did read somewhere one similar to this sold for $1k-2k 20years ago but can not find any info.
      Any links would be appreciated
      Many thanks

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