A sailor made ship in a  bottle of a four masted barque being  escorted into port by a steam tug. The diorama backdrop is extremely  detailed and shows coastline, lighthouse, signal stations, windmills,  houses and trees. The ship is named "FRIEDA" and is set on a  simulated moulded putty sea and details include: standing and running  rigging, deck houses, foredeck railings and numerous flags. The steam  tug has  simulated smoke coming from the funnel, there is also two smaller steam  vessels and two sailing vessels in the bottle. This ship in a bottle was  made by a German sailor and the flags on the signal stations,  lighthouse tug and barque are the German Schleswig-Holstein flag, also  the sailing ship has a triple gaffed mizzen mast which was common on  German vessels. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD.