Unusual Antique Bottle Whimsy (What is It?!) banded designs 5 3/4" diameter x 1

5 3/4" diameter x 1 3/4" tall

and many years in it yet

England artist William Burgess (1805–1861)-- a painter and drawing master

abstracted figures to either side of it

Unusual Antique Bottle Whimsy (What is It?!) banded designs 5 3/4" diameter x 1I hope someone will know and tell me what it is that is inside this bottle! Often one sees these bottle whimsies with various tools inside, or a winder, or a cross, but I for the life of me can't figure out quite what this one is. A sled? Part of a plough or harness or some sort? ??? Whatever it is, it is as it was made, as the carved stopper is locked forever in place by a cross bar, and there are no parts that have fallen off inside. The bottle a