Especially Lovely Old Folk Art/Sailor Made Knotwork Covered Molded Blown Glass Bottle tin match holder and the icon at center

and the icon at center looks to me like a little mole or gopher turning up a 'shroom--though perhaps I'm imagining that

not the date

A piece of New Hampshire history for sure

I've learned that Oilzum cans are in fact quite collectible--and no wonder

Especially Lovely Old Folk Art/Sailor Made Knotwork Covered Molded Blown Glass Bottle tin match holder and the icon at centerWhat I find tends to tell the story of where I've been last weekend I was up in Maine, with a handful of nautically related things today, though I wasn't considering that at the time. At least I presume the knot work encasing this old bottle was done by a sailor it feels that way to me, skillfully done and very tight on the bottle, and seeming more akin to an old bottle whimsy or sailor made basket than a wicker covered wine bottle, say. And with the