Early 20th Century Folk Art Ship in Mohan Meakin Bottle with Bridge, Houses and (Real) Rocky Shore transfer printed with what appears to be

with what appears to be “MM”  “’78” and VT

and the eyes of this sensitively rendered creature really follow one around the room

where she studied wood engraving under Noel Rooke

with brass handle

Early 20th Century Folk Art Ship in Mohan Meakin Bottle with Bridge, Houses and (Real) Rocky Shore transfer printed with what appears to beI love an old ship in the bottle, and will always marvel at them, but am fussy about the ones I like, preferring very folky ones, with lots of color and lots packed in, as is the case with this one. Fabulous play of strings on the masts, colorful paint on the hull and houses on the shore behind, plus gray painted mountains, with what I believe are actual stones along the shoreline, and an arching bridge at far right too. With canvas burlap rolled up