$1,230
Carl Worner Whimsey Bottle with Saloon Scene, America, early 20th century, carved and painted wood and paper, and foil, depicting a saloon scene with bartender and five male and female patrons standing and seated at a table, with a gilt paper eagle and crossed American Flags above the bar, bottles lined up behind the bartender, and signs for Cuban cigars, a sign below the scene inscribed "Find the Missing Man" invites the observer to look for another figure which is hidden beneath the scene, sitting on a toilet, signed "Carl Worner --- ---" in pencil on a bottom segment, the whole mounted in a glass bottle with carved stopper, (interior glass somewhat dirty), ht. 12 in. The interior of the bottle is somewhat dirty, make the scene a little hard to see.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-28
