Drunken! Civil War Era Crooked Neck Knickerbocker NYC Stoneware Beer Bottle dutch sampler but it's definitely the real

but it's definitely the real

and retains a similar sort of tension

though the best detail also shows a stray bit of fiber to the left of the crack--not a flaw

With a small hole in the belly and two in the back into which a dowel would be stuck in order to make the doll dance (and those shoes are good for clomping)

Drunken! Civil War Era Crooked Neck Knickerbocker NYC Stoneware Beer Bottle dutch sampler but it's definitely the realA second example today of just the sort of antique American stoneware that makes me happy this a c. 1860s beer bottle stamped RK & Co Knickerbocker, which I've learned was a brewery at 130 W. 18th Street, NYC, with the RK standing for Robert Kennedy. To me it's the crooked neck that really makes it none too common to find in such a pronounced way, and just perfect for a beer bottle, making it look like an absolute embodiment of drunkeness, and as if