Bottle Silk Dyeing Prop

An expertly turned wooden bottle with a sliding false bottom, possibly for use in a silk dyeing or production trick. Once a part of the Ken Klosterman collection, the bottle is similar in both appearance and form to many expertly turned wooden items from the Thayer factory, but the exact origin of this unusual prop is unknown. Three stress cracks base and side, and a few scuffs and small dents, in fair condition overall. From the Klosterman collection and his Salon de Magie, and carrying his inventory number on the base of the bottle. Klosterman believed this prop to be made by Thayer.