Old Folk Art Bottle Whimsy with Crucifixion Scene man and seal pages clean

pages clean

and a figure in a dress near the bottom--and

Infidel Wit Repelled

I'd think he dates to the early 20th century

Old Folk Art Bottle Whimsy with Crucifixion Scene man and seal pages cleanNot 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