Poland/Curland 18th/19th century. Scene of crucifixion placed in a bottle

Inside the bottle on a bench-shaped base is a cross with the figure of Christ, around it were placed the Insignia of the Passion: a ladder, a pedestal with a rooster, a spear, a hammer, as well as candles, a monstrance and palms. The various elements were inserted through the neck (analogous to ship models). The bottle is plugged with a decoratively topped wooden pivot, which also stabilizes the whole.
Materials: glass, wood, metal and paper.
Size: approx, 23 x 9 cm.
Condition of preservation as in the photos.
Such devotional items belonged to the sphere of folk religiosity, made by small-town and rural craftsmen were distributed at indulgences. Two "passion flower bottles" are in the possession of the Art Department of the Ethnographic Museum in Wroclaw. The bottle containing the figure of Christ bears the maker's mark "Ringmundshof," allowing identification with a factory in the Kurland/Latvian town of Rembate (now Lielvārde), the maker of the passion flower - unknown.