Cool Welded Copper Hand-Shaped Folk Art Flask/Sculpture stoneware ginger jar each layer of wood measures

each layer of wood measures about 3/8"

dating to 1828

thick walled

It was purchased from an estate in Boston

Cool Welded Copper Hand-Shaped Folk Art Flask/Sculpture stoneware ginger jar each layer of wood measuresI have no idea the backstory to this old handmade copper hand, but I think it's pretty cool. It's a vessel, I'd guess made with the idea of serving as a flask of sorts literally to hold four fingers of whiskey! At some point or maybe from the beginning a hook was threaded through the stopper (which screws in tight), that facilitates getting the plug in an out and would make it easy to hang on the wall. The hook will also screw out to give it a flat