Ballantine "Handy Way to Order" Bottle Opener, Stamped Chicago c. 1930s little wooden animals who was best known as

who was best known as the first female artist at Gustavsberg porcelain factory

and serving as impetus to do some learning

4 1/4" t x 1 5/8" widest

with a gorgeous turned long wooden handle and blonde

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

Ballantine "Handy Way to Order" Bottle Opener, Stamped Chicago c. 1930s little wooden animals who was best known asI 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