an antique ship in. a bottle, the Fram of 1893 -96, a rare folkart portrait ship in a bottle. Due to over harvesting the

Due to over harvesting the lodicea palms are now on the endangered list and harvesting of the nuts is carefully guarded

as demand grew the boxes became more elaborate and expensive reflecting the status of the owner

grace Darling

and the collier brigs and North Sea traders of more recent days

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an antique ship in. a bottle, the Fram of 1893 -96, a rare folkart portrait ship in a bottle. Due to over harvesting thean extremely rare portrait ship in a bottle of fridtjof nansens polar exploration ship the Fram of 1893 96 ( meaning forward ). the ship in bottle dates to the late 1890's, evidenced by the lack of freeboard modifications made for Otto sverdrups 1898 expedition. the ship in bottle is mounted on an oak arts and crafts style cradle. the bottle appears to be an aquavit bottle of the period. it is possible that the art work was made onboard the Fram by a