Old Folk Art Ship in a Lightbulb! green soapstone Somewhat uneven top edge as

Somewhat uneven top edge as evident

I'm a big fan of old sailor made baskets--in part because I really love the idea of men at sea sitting around doing macrame in their spare time

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Old Folk Art Ship in a Lightbulb! green soapstone Somewhat uneven top edge asI bought this one at Brimfield from a marvelous dealer whom I've bought a series of small wonders. Though a lover of ships in bottles, I myself had never seen a ship in a lightbulb before, which struck me as brilliantly resourceful and also enhancing of the sense of wonder these provoke in me at least. Of course, given the ingeniousness of folk creators, I have since turned up documentation of a few other examples, most dating to the 1940s or so, and