Ballantine "Handy Way to Order" Bottle Opener, Stamped Chicago c. 1930s wooden kachina doll which one could tie a

which one could tie a ribbon around and hang from the wall

I especially like how the branches wrap the curves of the vessel in this version

--and fill a bowl with them

a beautiful big clipper ship

I just think it's a beautiful thing

Ballantine "Handy Way to Order" Bottle Opener, Stamped Chicago c. 1930s wooden kachina doll which one could tie aI always keep an eye out for Ballantine cans and related items, which for me are forever wed to Jasper Johns and so feel sort of like art objects themselves. I believe this clever hand shaped bottle opener dates to the 1930s, and I think might have been made specifically to the 1933 Chicago Wold's Fair, where Ballantine had a significant presence. It is a bit hard to see but "Chicago" is impressed on the reverse side at the very bottom. The three