WANDERER - FOSS TUG SHIP-IN-BOTTLE

Object/Artifact

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

WANDERER - FOSS TUG SHIP-IN-BOTTLE

Entry/Object ID

1990.116.001

Description

5/1/01 Cr: Complete/Excellent. width- 10 1/2", Height- 4", Depth-3" Imprint on Bottle- Liquor Bottle,101 (1), 76,13af,10683-L and One Quart Written on 2 Sides. Stopper Has 2 Wooden Plugs with Wooden Dowels Through Them Attached By Chains, Shape of Bottle- 4-Sided, Inside the Bottle Is a Ship Called "Wanderer" This Ship Is White with a Black Line on the Hull. It Has 2 Masts and a Black Smokestack. Flies an American Flag and a Fossdoch. 2 White Sea Birds, One on Ship, One on Dock. Vic Crosby 1966 Etched on Top Side of Bottle. "Vic Crosby 1977" Written on Wooden Plug/Stopper Inside Bottle. 1919-1938 BETWEEN THE WARS

Collection

Models Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Crosby, Victor

Manufacturer

Crosby, Victor

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Bottle, Impossible

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Construction

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Wanderer

Material

Glass, Wood, Plaster