I don't think this bottle spent any time floating around in the water. The leather would have come off the glass.
I think we'd need close ups of the neck without the stopper so we could get a good look at the glass itself that all this decoration is on. Also, a picture of the bottom of the bottle and any pictures you could show where we could get a good look at the glass itself.
I once had a whisky that was covered with paper mâché formed and painted to look like bark. The workmanship on the outside of your bottle is very well done.
Possibly it commemorates an achievement, and this was a memento of it. It's a big deal to round Cape Horn from E. to W. under sail.*
*disclaimer; I have an overactive imagination.
I think we'd need close ups of the neck without the stopper so we could get a good look at the glass itself that all this decoration is on. Also, a picture of the bottom of the bottle and any pictures you could show where we could get a good look at the glass itself.
I once had a whisky that was covered with paper mâché formed and painted to look like bark. The workmanship on the outside of your bottle is very well done.
Possibly it commemorates an achievement, and this was a memento of it. It's a big deal to round Cape Horn from E. to W. under sail.*
*disclaimer; I have an overactive imagination.
