Old Folk Art Bottle Whimsy with Crucifixion Scene antique doll collection beak and talons

beak and talons

such beautiful and tender things I think

These tigers

in 1948 with original name of Cooperative Design

Old Folk Art Bottle Whimsy with Crucifixion Scene antique doll collection beak and talonsNot for everyone, surely, but I found this super folky bottle whimsy crucifixion scene pretty hard to resist. Here we have Jesus on the tallest cross and the two thieves who were crucified beside him, and then, I would guess, Mary and St. John standing in front dressed in black for mourning she looking very disturbed but he, oddly smiling. Visible from the back side are the assembled props a ladder, a hammer, and what looks to be a giant matchstick