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Bottle 787 - Catching Butterflies

Date Added: August 7, 2010
The following whimsey is inside a 1.75 Liter Knob Creek Bourbon bottle. It is 12 inches tall if the stopper is included. The whimsey is of a women trying to catch a Monarch Butterfly with a net. The butterfly is suspended from the locking mechanism of the stopper. The rest of the stopper is made of tree branches with a semi-sphere on top. The women is running in green boots past a turtle, frog and a coral snake. There are cattails in the background and a mixture of yellow and red flowers in the foreground. On the central shaft of the locking mechanism is the written the name, place and time of origin: Steve Moseley, St. Louis and 2009.
Type
Woman and Butterfly
Maker
Moseley, Steve
Category
Figures
Made Where
St. Louis, MO
Bottle Size
12" including stopper
Year Made
2009
Bottle Type
1.75 Liter Knob Creek Bourbon

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