$264
Prisoner Carved Wooden Whimsey in a Bottle, "T. W. Weaver, Paulding Co., Ohio, 1876," the whimsey composed of a carved ball within a rectangular open peaked box, connected to another carved wooden whimsey strung with thread, with inscribed note affixed to it and fitted into a blown glass bottle, including a tin storage box and a card inscribed "Executed while a Prisoner on board the Prison Ship (Alabama) Takin [sic]out in Paulding under a Wagen [sic] (or Wager) and name put on in 1876," ht. 15 3/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-02-23