Ballantine "Handy Way to Order" Bottle Opener, Stamped Chicago c. 1930s little wooden animals Framed: 8 3/4" x 6

Framed: 8 3/4" x 6 3/4"

My photos (shot through glass and in absence of a good spot for shooting large work) do no justice to this fantastic large hand-drawn map--quite a thing I think

with a gorgeous turned long wooden handle and blonde

Signed and dated at bottom center

Ballantine "Handy Way to Order" Bottle Opener, Stamped Chicago c. 1930s little wooden animals Framed: 8 3/4" x 6I 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