Old Folk Art Bottle Whimsy with Crucifixion Scene antique doll collection It features a bail handle

It features a bail handle with wooden grip (which stands up on its own) and a double band around the top of the box

which is pure shiny black

the rice was ready for cooking

19th c I believe

beak and talons

Old Folk Art Bottle Whimsy with Crucifixion Scene antique doll collection It features a bail handleNot for everyone, surely, but I found this super folky bottle whimsy crucifixion scene pretty hard to resist. Here we have Jesus on the tallest cross and the two thieves who were crucified beside him, and then, I would guess, Mary and St. John standing in front dressed in black for mourning she looking very disturbed but he, oddly smiling. Visible from the back side are the assembled props a ladder, a hammer, and what looks to be a giant matchstick