| This type of bottle has several known examples, with lots of variety in the ships and what hangs from the stoppers. The ship is a rigged three-masted ship without a keel. An American flag waves from the back, and a long paper banner has become detached from the middle mast. From the stopper hangs a black and yellow barrel with "O A xx" on one side and paper cutouts saying "Soldier's Home" on the other.
Some of the many other ships in "pumpkinseed" flasks include:
A red and green ship with a doll in a suspended lifeboat
A red, white and blue ship with a doll in a lifeboat
A paddlewheel ship with sailors in a suspended lifeboat
A ship with a doll in a lifeboat named "Daisy O"
A ship bottle found in Dayton, OH
Another red and green ship with doll in canoe
Another sidewheel gunboat with men in a lifeboat
A small ship in a half-sized round perfume bottle
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